Wildfires were responsible for in 2023 for around 23% of the total
worldwide CO2 emissions
On average (2012-2023) 400M hectares burn every year in the world, an area approximately 13.5 times the size of Italy.
Wildfires cost,
only in the United States,
between $394B to $893B.
Experts warn that numbers of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100, and governments are not prepared to cope with this emergency
Only in the USA wildfires cost between USD 400B
and USD 900B per year”