State of wildfires 2024–2025

The State of Wildfires Report is the second annual global assessment of extreme wildfire events by 'The State of Wildfires Project'. The project is a global endeavour, uniting world-leading experts from more than 60 institutes across 20 countries. The report systematically tracks global and regional fire activity of each annual fire season, analyses the causes of prominent extreme wildfire events, and projects the likelihood of similar events occurring in future climate scenarios. 

The key findings from around the world are given below:

• Fires emitted over 8 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2024-25, about 10% above average since 2003.
• More than 100 million people were exposed to fire worldwide.
• Wildfire-related air pollution spiked to between 13× and 60× above World Health Organisation (WHO) standards in Brazil, Bolivia, India, and California.
• Globally, US$215 billion in physical assets were exposed to wildfires.
• 18% of forest carbon projects on the voluntary carbon market were exposed to fire.