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    Brace for more extreme wildfires: UN

    PARIS (AFP) – The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the United Nations (UN) warned yesterday.

    Even the most ambitious efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions will not prevent a dramatic surge in the frequency of extreme fire conditions, a report commissioned by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) concluded.

    More details on Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin

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