UNEP’s Fire Ready Formula: Invest more in preventing wildfires

The Formula envisages allocating 66% of funds for planning, prevention, preparedness and recovery and 34% for response

Wildfire smoke is an increasing threat to Canadians’ health

Older adults, people living in low-income areas, and those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and other chronic …

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

Biodiversity loss is a disturbing threat with few parallels. Of the nine greatest threats to the world ranked by the World Economic Forum, six …

Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it

Greece’s recent bout of extreme fire weather emerged from a heatwave that would have been at least 50 times less likely in the pre-…

Smoke from world’s worsening wildfires is killing more than 33,000 people every year

Japan accounted for the highest number of annual deaths, at 7,000, in its 47 cities; the study was carried out in 749 cities across 43 …

Extreme wildfires are turning the world’s largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter

A boreal forest fire can release 10 to 20 times more carbon compared to a similarly sized fire in other ecosystems

Wildfires: New York City’s orange skies raise environmental questions

The dystopian orange skies are due to the flames that have been raging north of the US-Canada border

California wildfires: NASA captures vast plumes of carbon monoxide

Extremely high carbon monoxide concentrations of greater than 350 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) captured by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared …

NASA images show the gravity of California wildfires

Nearly 14,000 lightning strikes in the United States’ California caused nearly 900 fires to burn through 1.5 million acres of land as of …

A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?

The past teaches us that the ecosystems we depend upon are vulnerable to collapse when stressed by multiple intersecting pressures

Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll

More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires 

Spike in deaths, mental health concerns: Report flags consequences of wildfires

Between 1997 and 2016, the global mean carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires were approximately 22% of carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels

Strong fires in 4 Brazilian states, Federal District, satellite images show

It will rain in the last quarter of the year in Brazil but it won’t be enough to end the drought aiding the fires, say experts

The eco collapse we were warned about has begun

This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us

Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows

The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September

Climate change’s dangerous new fires

Climate change is creating a new kind of dangerous wildfire. It will take all our tools to keep communities safe

Daily temperature extremes affect fire activity in Sierra Nevada: Study

Number of wildfires in the region could rise by as much as 83% by the 2040s; the area burned could climb 92%  

Anthropogenic emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather: Study

By 2080, greenhouse gases are expected to raise the risk of extreme wildfire by 50%, according to the study

Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government’s initial response when disasters strike islands

Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on August 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residents homeless

Eagle Bluff: US wildfire crosses the 49th Parallel into Canada; forces town to be evacuated

State of emergency in Osoyoos to remain in place till August 5, according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Davos 2023: Can AI make wildfire mitigation efficient? WEF’s FireAId initiative shows how

Successful pilot in Turkey reduced both response time and risk to firefighters; can be scaled up: WEF report

How climate change affects health in the US (and elsewhere)

For health, climate change is a catchall detrimental factor, increasing hazards across the board

Amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump gives science a cold shoulder

“I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler,” US President Donald Trump said during a briefing on …

France wildfires displace 37,000; air quality dips

Internal displacement due to wildfires 24% higher than in last 5 years & 4 times of last year

Wildfires will be more frequent, larger and intense due to climate change: UNEP

Lightning strikes and air pollution will also increase due to wildfires according to the UNEP Frontiers report