| California's fire season has become the state's most destructive in modern memory, spreading into Oregon and forcing mass evacuations. A suffocating heat wave coupled with strong seasonal winds have made the West Coast especially vulnerable to lightning strikes, causing thousands of fires. And as global temperatures rise, so do the oft-ignored risks of wildfires that can lead to avoidable deaths and billions of dollars in damage. Our failure to confront climate change has put California — and other places around the world, including Australia — and its fire-prone landscape directly in the crosshairs, as Bloomberg Opinion writers have documented over the years. The U.S. Has to Get Serious About Wildfires — Bloomberg's editors California's Wildfires Burn Through America's Climate Illusions — Liam Denning Mr. Prime Minister, Your Country Is Burning — Daniel Moss and Tim Culpan A Decade of Climate Science Confirmed What We Already Knew — Faye Flam Wildfire Took Your Home? Don't Count on Insurance Rebuilding It — Liam Denning Asia's Haze Is a Danger for Everyone — Adam Minter Russia's Burning! Climate Change Is to Blame — Leonid Bershidsky Ask Your Central Banker If Climate Change Is Hurting You — Nathaniel Bullard California Utilities Face an Expensive, Wildfire-Filled Future — Liam Denning Western U.S. Will Keep Burning Unless Fire Policy Changes — Bloomberg's editors This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of our top commentary published every Sunday. | 
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