World : Longer Bushfire Seasons To Cost Australia US$4.2 Bln Annually, Experts Warn

Key points

• Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA), a subsidiary of the NGO the Climate Council consisting of former fire and emergency service leaders, said in a report published on Thursday that fire seasons have grown 21 per cent longer since 1979, shrinking the window for hazard reduction efforts.
• It projected that more frequent major bushfires driven by climate change will cost the nation an average of A$6 billion (US$4.2 billion) annually over the next 30 years.
• The ELCA warned that the next two summers would pose a particularly significant risk to communities, with the impacts of climate change exacerbated by the ongoing El Nino event.

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