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State of Wildfires report 2025-26
The Brief
- The State of Wildfires report covers extreme wildfires of the 2025-2026 fire season.
- It examines how climate and land-use change influenced the extent of the world's major fires.
- It assesses whether these events could have been predicted and evaluates how the risk of such fires is changing.
Why it matters
The report links extreme fire seasons to climate and land-use drivers and assesses predictability, which is relevant to fire risk science and planning.
Who’s affected
- fire scientists and researchers
- land-use and climate policy analysts
- State of Wildfires report 2025-26
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The State of Wildfires report takes stock of extreme wildfires of the 2025-2026 fire season. It explains how climate and land use change influenced the extent of the world’s major fires and assesses whether events could have been predicted. The report also evaluates how the risk…
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State of Wildfires report 2025-26 published by Science Media Centre
Science Media Centre
State of Wildfires report 2025-26