Recognition of loss & damage from wildfires is key for climate justice [Comment]

M. da Veiga, Renata; Barbosa, Maria L.F.; Spuler, Fiona R.; Ferreira, Igor J.M.; Mindlin, Julia; Kelley, Douglas I.; Matusevich, Victoria; Rodrigues, Regina R.; Alencar, Ane; Ratilla, Daniel C.; Anderson, Liana O.; Valette, Michel; Libonati, Renata; Estevez, Rodrigo A.; Kumaruara, Tainan; Dantas, Caroline Camilo; Hurtado, Santiago I.

M. da Veiga, Renata; Barbosa, Maria L.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-2916; Spuler, Fiona R.; Ferreira, Igor J.M.; Mindlin, Julia; Kelley, Douglas I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-4969; Matusevich, Victoria; Rodrigues, Regina R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8010-4018; Alencar, Ane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-7469; Ratilla, Daniel C.; Anderson, Liana O.; Valette, Michel; Libonati, Renata ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-1993; Estevez, Rodrigo A.; Kumaruara, Tainan; Dantas, Caroline Camilo; Hurtado, Santiago I.. 2025 Recognition of loss & damage from wildfires is key for climate justice [Comment]. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 898. 3, pp. 10.1038/s43247-025-02968-w

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Abstract

Wildfires are becoming one of the defining climate-related crises of the twenty-first century. We argue that their inclusion in the Loss & Damage framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is essential to support prevention, recovery and justice for the most affected communities.

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