Climate change intensified weather that fuelled deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus
Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain.
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00:01Weather conditions that fuelled deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change, researchers have found.
00:11A rapid analysis from World Weather Attribution showed that hot, dry and windy conditions were around 22% more intense because of human-caused climate change.
00:20The findings follow data confirming that 2025 was Europe's worst wildfire year on record, with more than a million hectares of land burned through.
00:32Researchers warn that the risk of larger, harder to control fires will continue if the world persists in burning fossil fuels.
00:42Climate change has been influencing weather in the months, weeks and days leading up to the devastating fires.
00:53Turkey was among the country's hardest hit as the blazes raged, with 17 people dying in the fires, while Spain and Portugal have seen record amount of land burned.
01:02Fires have also stretched firefighting resources thin this season, despite other countries sending assistance.
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