Climate change creates hotter, drier and longer wildfire seasons
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Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation increase dangerous fire weather, lengthen seasons and expose ecosystems and regions whose preparedness was designed for milder historical conditions.
#00255Rapidly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
Cut global greenhouse-gas emissions rapidly to limit the long-term worsening of extreme fire weather that local adaptation cannot fully offset.
#00256Use future climate scenarios in wildfire planning
Plan land management, staffing, infrastructure and evacuation against plausible future fire weather instead of relying only on historical seasons and maps.
#00258Plan for residual wildfire risk that cannot be eliminated
Define acceptable risk, contingency capacity and recovery arrangements for extreme fires that remain possible after prevention and adaptation.
#00257Adapt forests and landscapes to expected future conditions
Adjust species, structure, management and connectivity to reduce climate-driven mortality and extreme fire while preserving ecological function.