Climate Change is increasing Wildfire Activity 

In Aug-2024, an international network of fire scientists issued their inaugural report on the increase in wildfire activity and risk brought by climate change. The period of Mar-2023 to Feb-2024 saw record-breaking wildfires in Canada, Lahaina, Greece, the Amazon and Chili. The probability of these extreme fire seasons has increased over 3-fold in Canada, and almost 29-fold in Amazonia. The report is titled simply “State of Wildfires 2023-2024”.

• Red Zone, who specializes in wildfire underwriting, issued a quick highlight here.
• The 85-page report is here.
• UK lead author Dr Matthew Jones has a webpage with interactive tools to visualize the global 2023-2024 wildfire season.

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