[MCN] Insurance industry: Wildfire risk in a changing climate

[Lance Olsen]

Paper Fingers Climate Change for California Wildfires
By Don Jergler

Insurance Journal  November 12, 2015
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/11/12/388849.htm

Excerpt:

"An increase in fire risk in California is attributable to 
human-induced climate change," the report states.

This year was a pretty rough one as well for wildfires in the 
northern half of the state. Just two fires, considered among the 
state's largest, are expected to yield claims in excess of $1 billion.

Herring explained that drought is a function of heat, lack of 
precipitation, soil moisture and water usage. Not all of those 
factors are attributable to climate change, but she feels confident 
that the warmer temperatures that California is experiencing are 
being driven by climate change.

"There's a very clear signal that climate change is increasing our 
risk at a global scale to heat events," Herring said.

The past four years' worth of papers have looked at forests from 
around the world, including South American, Asia, and Australia, and 
95 percent of the trees examined have shown a strong climate change 
signal, she said.

End excerpt. Full story here:
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/11/12/388849.htm
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