UN report predicts wildfires could increase 50% by 2100

"Should" and "unless" ended up doing a lot of work in the final paragraph of UCLA study shows high-risk fire days in southern California could double by 2100.

That should conclude my climate change blogging for the month unless another study comes out that makes the news. Stay tuned.

It didn't take long. That evening, PBS NewsHour reported Alarming new climate report predicts 'catastrophic' global wildfires in the coming years.

There's grim new reports about potential causes and effects of climate change. The United Nations Environment Program has projected intense wildfires linked in part to climate change could increase 50 percent by the end of the century, and the International Energy Agency said energy sector emissions of methane are 70 percent higher than governments claim. William Brangham reports.

So it's not just California but also the rest of the world that faces increased wildfire risk because of climate change. I'm not surprised.

CNN also uploaded a segment about the report, Fire season is now year-round': Here's how climate crisis fuels wildfires.

A new UN report says wildfires are increasing and becoming more intense around the globe. CNN's Bill Weir discusses how the climate crisis contributes to the damaging burns.

So it's not just California experiencing a year-round fire season. That's not how I want the world to imitate my former home state.

Since this report came from the United Nations Environment Program, it's only fair that I embed their video on the report, The Rising Threat of Wildfires.


That's a scary series of facts and findings.

Unlike two days ago, I can say that I'm not done with climate news for the month. I plan on following up on the methane emissions mentioned in the PBS NewsHour report. Stay tuned.