The first annual assessment on "Wildfire Conditions" has shown that the unprecedented wildfires that broke out in Canada and parts of the Amazon region have become at least three times more likely due to climate change.

The first report on "Wildfire Conditions," which is scheduled to be published annually, addresses the severe wildfires that occurred between March 2023 and February 2024, explains their causes, and assesses whether they can be predicted and how the risks of similar events will increase in the future under climate change, according to the British news agency (PA Media).

The report concluded that carbon emissions resulting from wildfires in the 2023-2024 season were 16% higher than the average, with 8.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, roughly a quarter of the amount produced by wildfires in Canada's northern forests.

The scientists who prepared the report stated that had it not been for a quiet wildfire season in the African savannah, where 13% less area was burned than average, global emissions from wildfires would have been the highest of any recorded fire season since 2003.

Approximately 3.9 million square kilometers of land burned in wildfires during the global wildfire season from March 2023 to February 2024, which is slightly below the average over the past two decades.

However, carbon emissions rose because the fires disproportionately affected dense forests, according to the report led by the University of East Anglia, the British Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the Met Office, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

The lead author of the report, Dr. Matthew Jones, a research fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, stated, "Last year, we witnessed wildfires killing people, destroying property and infrastructure, causing mass evacuations, threatening livelihoods, and damaging vital ecosystems.

Jones added, "Wildfires have become more frequent and intense with rising climate temperatures, and both society and the environment are suffering the consequences."