Confirmed by Damian Carrington’s Guardian report, this 2021 study shows the Amazon has become a net emitter of CO2—about 1bn tonnes a year—largely due to fires (many set to clear land for beef and soy), drought and warming; the piece is included to provide concrete, contemporary evidence for PART 1/“Your Capital And the Power of Generosity,” illustrating how investments, supply chains and financial flows can drive deforestation and dangerous carbon feedbacks and reinforcing the book’s urgent case that investors must redirect capital and use their influence to cut emissions and prevent irreversible planetary damage (linked article checked to verify these findings).