Climate change could drive costs of fighting wildfires to $5 billion a year, report finds

According to the federal Climate Financial Risk report, which analyzed 10 future climate scenarios, a moderate estimate is that wildfire suppression costs will grow to nearly $4 billion per year by 2050 and rise to nearly $5 billion a year by the end of the century.

Climate change could drive costs of fighting wildfires to $5 billion a year, report finds

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