Nairobi, 23 February, 2022 – Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal.
Experts warn that numbers of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100
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The Canadian fires have collectively burned more than 3.3 million hectares of land across the country - around 12 times more than the average over the last 10 years
This aircraft is the central part of a complex structure of drones, ground station facilities and satcoms for an integrated fight against wildfires.