"Current government responses to wildfires are often putting money in the wrong place. Those emergency service workers and firefighters on the front lines who are risking their lives to fight forest wildfires need to be supported," Inger Andersen, UNEP executive director, said. (Credit: Noah Berger via AP)
The number of wildfires is projected to increase up to 14% worldwide by the end of this decade and continue to grow steadily over subsequent decades; up to 30% by 2050 and 50% by 2100, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)report "Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires."
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