Comment by defrost

Language usage wise, something (or someone) is not a scapegoat if it shares responsibility.

Has he come out and blamed everything on climate change and not invested in both prevention measures (better management, backburning, etc.) and fire fighting?

That's poor policy regardless of underlying causes.

Here in Australia there are multiple causes driving bushfires, the single largest cause related to frequency and intensity increases is far and away AGW. This doesn't result in Land Management agencies rolling up shop and giving up.