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Europe’s babies face 84% more 'fire weather' than their grandparents

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Spain calls for EU climate resilience overhaul

Spain wants Brussels to make climate resilience a binding, funded EU policy and is willing to consider new EU-level charges – including on oil and gas profits – to fund it.

Algeria

Algerian president seeks to impose death penalty on arsonists

Algeria declared three days of mourning after wildfires killed 12 people and injured dozens. Authorities said 46 fires remained active, with 54 people hospitalised for burns, including six in critical condition.

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Von der Leyen warns of worsening disaster risks, touts preparedness

The European Commission wants to shift the focus from responding to disasters to preventing them, strengthening preparedness and improving anticipation. But financing climate adaptation remains a major challenge, as EU countries face limited fiscal room to act.

Europe News

‘Europe's climate and security challenges are inseparable': Hoekstra

In an exclusive Euronews interview, Hoekstra argues climate resilience, energy security, and geopolitical independence are now inseparable. EU gas storage remains below target as the Strait of Hormuz stays blocked.

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Economy

The hidden bill: How Europe's scorching summers are reshaping budgets

Another summer of record heat, drought and wildfires is leaving European governments with a bill that will land months later in the form of emergency relief, farm compensation, infrastructure repairs, unpaid taxes and food inflation.

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Algeria’s north-east scorched by deadly wildfires, national mourning declared

Deadly wildfires have devastated villages in Algeria’s Jijel province, nearly 350 kilometres east of Algiers, Residents are assessing the damage as crews work to restore electricity and clear affected areas.

Europe News

EU’s wildfire summer puts spotlight on EU nature restoration plans

EU countries must submit their draft nature restoration plans by 1 September, as the continent emerges from a summer that was starkly affected by wildfires and drought. Meanwhile, researchers identified a €65 billion financing gap.

Europe News

Greece issues code red wildfire alert for Ionian islands

The alert comes as Greece is at the height of the summer holiday season, with beaches packed with both domestic and international tourists.

Indonesia

Fire haze threatens health of millions in Indonesia, ministry warns

Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the government said last week.

Indonesia

Indonesians brave smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires

Emergency services have been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño climate pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Malaysia and Brunei.

USA

Tens of thousands evacuated as US wildfire nears western city of Reno

No deaths have been reported, but at least six people have been injured, including three first responders, with several mountaintop houses destroyed, according to local media.

Europe News

Extreme weather hits Europe as wildfires, floods and storms

Extreme weather is hitting Europe, with wildfires in Serbia and Bosnia, floods and fires in Spain, and severe storms in Poland. Thousands have been evacuated as firefighters battle fires, floods and power cuts.

Europe News

Europe's wildfires unveil deadly new threat - bombs from WWI and WWII

Droughts across Europe have also been churning up military vehicles and weapons from the era, with shrinking rivers revealing German warships, a Wehrmacht motorbike, and a bomb.

Economy

Which European countries have the most firefighters?

Firefighters are becoming increasingly important as wildfires affect more countries across Europe. Firefighting capacity varies widely across the EU.

Europe News

Weeks-long wildfire in Serbia forces evacuations from nearby village

Warnings for extreme conditions have been issued across most of the Balkans, as authorities warn of a return to sweltering heat that has swept across Europe this summer.

Europe News

Belgium's fire of the century now 'under control,' local official says

Around 350 firefighters and other emergency personnel remain deployed in the effort, as do the many farmers who mobilised in support of the operation since last week.