{"id":8103,"date":"2026-07-26T22:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/whats-causing-the-unprecedented-wildfires-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:38:36","slug":"whats-causing-the-unprecedented-wildfires-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/whats-causing-the-unprecedented-wildfires-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s causing the unprecedented wildfires in Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France and Spain have deployed thousands of firefighters, and neighbouring countries have sent help.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Wildfires are ravaging many parts of western and southern Europe, with France and Spain among the hardest hit.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has warned that climate change is contributing to the frequency and intensity of the fires. This is clear in the record temperatures and successive heatwaves seen across the continent since May. France and Spain have deployed thousands of firefighters, and neighbouring countries have sent assistance. Authorities say the situation is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2026\/7\/14\/are-countries-prepared-to-cope-with-extreme-weather\">Are countries prepared to cope with extreme weather?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/16\/toronto-engulfed-by-wildfire-smoke-as-us-cities-threatened\">Toronto engulfed by wildfire smoke as US cities threatened<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/7\/18\/europe-should-look-to-africa-for-heatwave-solutions\">Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/talk-to-al-jazeera\/2026\/7\/19\/designing-cities-for-a-hotter-future\">Mina Hasman on designing cities for a hotter future<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>So, what will it take to extinguish the flames?<\/p>\n<p><strong> Presenter: <\/strong>Per Nyberg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Rojas \u2013 chairman of the board at the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification<\/p>\n<p>Soraya Fettih \u2013 global campaigns coordinator at 350.org, an international environmental organisation focused on addressing the climate crisis<\/p>\n<p>Laurie Laybourn \u2013 executive director of Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, a non-partisan think tank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France and Spain have deployed thousands of firefighters, and neighbouring countries have sent help. Wildfires are ravaging many parts of western and southern Europe, with France and Spain among the hardest hit. The World Health Organization has warned that climate change is contributing to the frequency and intensity of the fires. This is clear in &#8230; <a title=\"What\u2019s causing the unprecedented wildfires in Europe?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/whats-causing-the-unprecedented-wildfires-in-europe\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What\u2019s causing the unprecedented wildfires in Europe?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}