A new report by World Weather Attribution links the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles to human-induced climate change. The report states that hotter, drier, and windier weather conditions, exacerbated by global warming, significantly increased the risk of both starting and spreading wildfires. The report also highlights the disproportionate impact of the fires on vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, people with disabilities, and low-income communities. The report comes as California lawmakers introduce a bill requiring contributors to the climate crisis to pay for damages caused by wildfires.
A new report suggests that the global climate crisis played a significant role in increasing the likelihood of the recent wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area.
Before the industrial revolution, global average temperatures were 1.3 degrees Celsius lower than they are now. The increase means that the “conditions that drove the LA fires are expected to occur on average once in 17 years,” the report said.. The climate crisis was also responsible for a 6 percent increase in the severity of the fires compared to pre-industrial levels.
Wiener’s proposal notes that the oil industry has known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to the climate crisis. It also states that wildfires, like those in Los Angeles this month, cost billions of dollars in damages, and that natural disasters in general are creating an insurance market crisis, with insurance companies increasing rates, limiting coverage for some people’s property, or pulling out completely from regions where wildfires are more prone to occur.
The oil industry has long hewn to the classic formula of privatizing the profits and socializing the costs, continuing to amass obscene returns while knowing full well that the price is a livable planet. Climate Superfund legislation represents a robust means of rebalancing such warped excesses.As Donald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent mandates: Tell the truth more loudly than ever before.
CLIMATE CHANGE WILDFIRES CALIFORNIA GLOBAL WARMING DISASTERS
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