At a press conference on Wednesday 25 March, the European Commission unveiled its new Wildfire Risk Management strategy.
The initiative follows the dramatic fires in the summer of 2025, when more than a million hectares of forest burnt in the EU, mainly in Spain and Portugal. An all-time destruction record, linked to global warming and exceptionally dry vegetation.
In a communication sent in parallel with the conference, the Commission notes that in 2025, the Union Civil Protection...