Global management of wildfires

India’s resolution on 'Strengthening the Global Management of Wildfires’ was adopted last week at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, Kenya.

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The resolution, moved by India, received wide support from Member States, reaffirming global recognition of the urgent need to address the rising threat of wildfires worldwide, as announced by a government press release.

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) release added that India drew attention to United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP’s) global report ‘Spreading Like Wildfire’, which warns that wildfires may rise by 14% by 2030, 30% by 2050 and 50% by 2100, if current trends continue.

These projections, India stressed, make it clear that wildfires represent a long-term, climate-driven global risk requiring urgent coordinated international action. India emphasized a call for a shift from a reactive response to proactive prevention, through better planning, early-warning and timely risk reduction measures.