A new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) predicts that climate change will raise the global likelihood of catastrophic wildfires—defined as one-in-100-year wildfires—by a factor of 1.31 to 1.57. “The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report indicates that weather conducive to wildfires (‘fire weather’—hot, dry, and windy) is becoming more frequent in some regions and will continue to increase with higher levels of global warming,” the report states, referring to the IPCC’s AR6 report. “Countries must meet and exceed their commitments under the Paris Agreement to reduce global warming and the prevalence and [behavior] of wildfires globally. This will, in turn, reduce the social, economic, and ecological impact of wildfires,” it adds. The lead author of the report, John Sullivan of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, told reporters the estimated increase was global and could not be used to estimate regional vulnerabilities. “Even …