Climate Change in Australia and New Zealand 90 indicators covering climate change for Australia and New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 11,290 million t 2025 up 0.7% 6th Forestland — Area — FAO TIER 1 143,865 1000 ha 2025 up 1.1% 7th Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — FAO TIER 1 -24,578 kt 2025 up 48.7% 222nd Net Forest conversion — Area — FAO TIER 1 5.95 1000 ha 2025 down 13.8% 62nd Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 1,595 kt 2025 down 20.0% 61st Carbon stock change in forests — Area — FAO TIER 1 143,871 1000 ha 2025 up 1.1% 7th Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest) -22,983 kt 2025 up 50.0% 224th Cropland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 68,462 ha 2024 up 0.1% 33rd Cropland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.36 kt 2024 up 0.1% 28th Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 1,959 kt 2024 down 0.0% 39th Grassland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 176,078 ha 2024 down 0.3% 14th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.35 kt 2024 down 0.3% 18th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 3,342 kt 2024 down 0.3% 16th Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 244,540 ha 2024 down 0.2% 25th Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 2.7 kt 2024 down 0.1% 30th Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 5,301 kt 2024 down 0.2% 30th Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 6.38 million t 2024 down 65.2% 24th Forest fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 126,361 ha 2024 down 65.1% 24th Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 14.68 kt 2024 down 65.2% 24th Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.34 kt 2024 down 65.2% 24th Other forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 6.17 million t 2024 down 62.9% 15th Other forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 122,337 ha 2024 down 62.9% 15th Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 14.18 kt 2024 down 62.9% 15th Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.29 kt 2024 down 62.9% 15th Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 295.62 million t 2024 down 31.6% 2nd Savanna fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 34.24 million ha 2024 down 25.0% 3rd Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 679.93 kt 2024 down 31.6% 2nd Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 62.08 kt 2024 down 31.6% 2nd Grassland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 101.21 million t 2024 down 8.1% 2nd Grassland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 19.49 million ha 2024 down 8.4% 2nd Grassland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 232.79 kt 2024 down 8.1% 2nd Grassland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 21.25 kt 2024 down 8.1% 2nd Savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 18.20 million t 2024 down 56.9% 12th Savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 2.63 million ha 2024 down 56.7% 13th Savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 41.85 kt 2024 down 56.9% 12th Savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 3.82 kt 2024 down 56.9% 12th Woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 442,661 t 2024 down 59.4% 28th Woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 96,001 ha 2024 down 57.0% 25th Woody savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1.02 kt 2024 down 59.4% 28th Woody savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.093 kt 2024 down 59.3% 28th Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 18.64 million t 2024 down 56.9% 13th Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 2.73 million ha 2024 down 56.7% 14th Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 217,684 t 2024 down 87.4% 53rd Humid tropical forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 4,024 ha 2024 down 87.4% 53rd Humid tropical forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0.5007 kt 2024 down 87.4% 53rd Humid tropical forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.0457 kt 2024 down 87.4% 53rd Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 8.21 million t 2024 down 81.0% 2nd Closed shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 307,633 ha 2024 down 81.0% 2nd Closed shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 18.89 kt 2024 down 81.0% 2nd Closed shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.72 kt 2024 down 81.0% 2nd Open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 167.56 million t 2024 down 28.9% 2nd Open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 11.72 million ha 2024 down 28.9% 2nd Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 385.38 kt 2024 down 28.9% 2nd Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 35.19 kt 2024 down 28.9% 2nd Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 0 t 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 6th Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 175.77 million t 2024 down 37.0% 2nd Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 12.02 million ha 2024 down 33.6% 2nd Page 1 of 2 Next →