Wildfires Could Cause More than £12m Damage in Heritage Sites

Wildfires could cause more than £12m damage in heritage sites

Wildfires could cause millions of pounds in damage to heritage landscapes, warns a carbon insurance company.

Climate change made Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds

A new study says climate change has made extreme weather conditions, like those fueling wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula, 40 times more likely

Climate change fueled wildfires in Spain and Portugal

Scientists say deadly fires this summer were made 40 times more likely by rising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists sayThe extreme weather that fuelled “astonishing” blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests.The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a w…