UN: Wildfire smoke causes ~100k excess deaths annually; extreme events tripled since 1990s

A UN bulletin reports that wildfire smoke is responsible for nearly 100,000 excess deaths per year globally, with extreme fire-smoke events tripling since the 1990s. The claim is attributed to UN authors and highlights a growing climate-health risk, though the underlying data and methodology are not detailed in this item. This underscores the escalating human cost of climate-driven wildfires, which may pressure governments to adopt stricter air-quality and climate policies.