Climate change trebled severe fire risk in Spain and raised it 40% in France, scientists find
Human-caused warming over 26 years has significantly increased the likelihood of dangerous fire conditions across Europe.
Scientists at World Weather Attribution have determined that climate change made severe fire risk conditions substantially more likely in southern Europe. Warming over the past 26 years tripled the odds of extreme fire conditions in Spain and increased the chances in France by 40 percent.
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Human-caused climate change made Europe fires more likely – scientists
Warming in the past 26 years has tripled the odds of the severe fire risk conditions in Spain and increased the chances in France by 40%, scientists at World Weather Attribution found.