Wildfire, A spreading risk: The rising impact of wildfires in California

This report, supported by AXA XL, reveals that wildfires are becoming larger, more destructive, and costlier incidents to society. Urban growth is pushing more people into danger zones, as communities stretch the extent of urbanisation into the “Wildland Urban interface”, increasing exposures to wildfires. As higher exposures increase wildfire destructiveness, this can lead to long lags in recovery, and in some cases, no recovery at all.