Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and Wildfires

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17 November 2023
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Global perspectives on the correlation between climate change and extreme fires.

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Pittsburgh’s Double Agents - The Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Who Represent Climate Victims

Public Accountability Initiative · 25 October 2023 English

■ Pittsburgh cultural institutions whose lobbyists also worked for fossil fuel com- panies included the Carnegie Institute, the Frick Art & Historical Center, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh …

Maui Wildfire Response Sure Looks Like Government Failure

Cato Institute · 21 August 2023 English

According to news reports, at least 111 people have died in the wildfires on Maui, an estimated 1,300 are unaccounted for, and authorities anticipate finding many victims who are children. …

Risk Disclosure and Home Prices: Evidence from California Wildfire Hazard

RFF: Resources for the Future · 31 May 2023 English

Risk Disclosure and Home Prices: Evidence from California Wildfire Hazard Zones 2 and find a price discount for properties in high-risk areas after a fire and that the discount is …

Local climate risk data could enable better decisionmaking by households and policymakers

Brookings Institution · 8 February 2023 English

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website documenting climate-related disasters that cause over $1 billion in losses. The agency lists 18 such events in 2022, including droughts …

Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 38 u.s. Wildfire Model

Consumer Watchdog · 2023 English

The Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires : Quantifying the Contribution of Major Carbon Producers to Increasing Wildfire Risk

UCS: Union of Concerned Scientists · 16 May 2023 English

Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers are now directly connected to wildfires across western North America.

Tables The Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires : Quantifying the Contribution of Major Carbon Producers to Increasing Wildfire Risk The Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires : Quantifying the Contribution of Major Carbon Producers to Increasing Wildfire Risk

Taming Wildfires in the Context of Climate Change

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · 17 May 2023 English

Worst Possible Air Quality, Worst Wildfire Season on Record - LEIF GREGERSEN

EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 3 October 2023 English

This is called a holdover fire, which can keep burning after a wildfire is One of the immediate dangers of the 868 fires which have burned so extinguished, even over …

Global: Call by presidents of five southern European states to tackle the climate crisis underscores the urgent need to phase …

Amnesty International · 3 August 2023 English

Reacting to a call today by the presidents of five southern European countries – Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta and Slovenia – urging measures be taken to tackle the climate crisis …

HEALTH AND SAFETY FACT SHEET - WILDFIRE SMOKE - Wildfire smoke is an occupational hazard

CUPE: Canadian Union of Public Employees · 16 August 2023 English

Workers have the right to know about hazards at work and to participate in the workplace health and safety system. [...] The health risks depend on factors like the smoke …

Tables HEALTH AND SAFETY FACT SHEET - WILDFIRE SMOKE - Wildfire smoke is an occupational hazard