Wildfires currently raging through forests in southwest France, near Bordeaux, and in central Spain around Madrid are among the worst seen in decades. These fires have been intensified by climate change, which has caused successive heatwaves and a lack of rainfall, leaving grasslands and woodlands parched and highly flammable.
The fires have released large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere and left vast areas of land blackened. This situation prompts critical discussions on how to manage and restore these landscapes once the wildfires are extinguished.
For further insight, FRANCE 24’s Eve Irvine spoke with Alexander Held, a senior expert at the World Fire and Climate Resilience Initiative at the European Forest Institute. Held emphasized the growing challenge posed by climate change in increasing the frequency and intensity of such major weather events.
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