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SvennoJ said:

Bit of a contradiction, offset carbon by planting more trees, which provide more fuel to the fires causing and caused by climate change.

It's not a contradiction.
It would not have been an issue to begin with if we didn't dump billions of tonne's worth of CO2 in the atmosphere while cutting down entire forests that offsets carbon.

And not all Tree's add to fire risk, some species of Trees actually do the opposite as they have thick bark with high levels of salt or water content in their foliage which can actually reduce fire risk and ember attacks.

The issue is... Again. California allowed Australian flora to proliferate in that region, which had evolved to spread fire to germinate their seeds.