Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as the climate warms, researchers behind first annual global wildfire report warn.

Unprecedented fires that raged in Canada and parts of the Amazon were at least three times more likely because of climate change, the first annual assessment of wildfires has shown.

The first “state of wildfires” report – which is set to be published annually – assesses extreme wildfires that took place between March 2023 to February 2024, their causes, whether they could be predicted and how the risk of similar events will increase with future climate change.

The report finds that carbon emissions from wildfires in 2023-2024 were 16% above average, with 8.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere, almost a quarter of that from fires in the Canadian boreal forests.

And the scientists behind the report said that if it had not been a........

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