Across the globe, wildfires continue to occur with increasing frequency and higher intensity. The world watched in shock as the still-burning flames in Australia engulfed thousands of homes, scorched millions of acres and burned alive more than a billion animals. The unprecedented disaster has experts worried.
In the latest thought leader piece from the Global Futures Laboratory, “A world on fire: Will we respond?,” Peter Schlosser, Clea Edwards, Steven Beschloss, Nina Berman and Upmanu Lall discuss the impacts of the devastating fires in Australia and our collective responsibility to act. “It is the responsibility of all of us — Australian or not — to take this staggering moment to work for change on a global scale,” they say.
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