Study projects greater lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather for European children
Children born in Europe in 2025 will experience 84% more lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather than people born in 1950 under current policies.
A study projects that children born in Europe under current climate policies will experience substantially more extreme fire weather over their lifetimes than people born in 1950. The increase is projected to be greatest in the Mediterranean.
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- 84%
Children born in Europe in 2025 will experience 84% more lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather than people born in 1950 under current policies.
“children born today can expect to experience 84% more exposure to extreme fire weather than those born in 1950”
- 3years
The additional lifetime exposure for a child born in Europe in 2025 compared with someone born in 1950 is three years under current policies.
“a child born in Europe in 2025 to three more years of brutally fire-conducive weather over their lifetime than someone born in 1950”
- 5years
People in Generation Beta in the Mediterranean will face five more years of lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather than boomers.
“generation Beta ... is to face five more years of lifetime exposure to extreme fire weather than boomers”