Versagt die EU bei der Verhütung von Waldbränden?

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Versagt die EU bei der Verhütung von Waldbränden?  Dieses Jahr wird eine der schlimmsten Waldbrandperioden Europas erwartet. Zwar hat die EU ihre Maßnahmen im Rahmen des Katastrophenschutzverfahrens verstärkt, doch viele fordern, mehr in Prävention zu investieren.  LESEN SIE MEHR : http://de.euronews.com/2025/09/09/versagt-die-eu-bei-der-verhutung-von-waldbranden  Abonnieren Sie! Euronews gibt es in 12 Sprachen.

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00:002025 is one of the most destructive wildfire seasons on record in Europe.

00:20The EU has strengthened its firefighting capabilities, including through cooperation coordination

00:28by the bloc's civil protection mechanism.

00:31However, many argue that more investment and policies should be directed towards prevention.

00:38EU Decode discusses how to best manage this natural and economic catastrophe.

00:45More than one million hectares of forest had burned this year through the end of August.

00:49According to data provided by the Copernicus satellite used for Earth observation, this

00:54is almost five times larger than the area affected by forest fires in the EU the previous year.

01:00The most affected member states were Portugal, with three percent of territory burned, Cyprus

01:04with 2.3 and Spain with 0.8 percent.

01:09Air quality has deteriorated in these areas as greenhouse gas emissions have risen to nearly

01:1439 million tons.

01:16This is nearly four times the approximately 11 million tons of CO2 emitted in the same period

01:22in 2024.

01:24The member states can increasingly count on solidarity for extinguishing the fires.

01:29but, as it all comes down to more technical means, we asked Europeans about the EU's role to

01:36deal with this challenge.

01:38In the summer, with the heat that they do in Spain, it is very important for the

01:43policies of prevention, much more than then to stop them.

01:47We have to preserve the nature and I suppose they would also have to help the countries.

01:53The EU's report on the EU's region of the EU's region has been a very small number of the

02:11Ja, auch auf die Wurzeln, auf die Pläne zu sein.

02:20Euronews Reporter Alice Taidi hat sich auf die EU's action in dieser Bereich.

02:26Seit 2022, die Europäische Kommission hat sich vorbeigeht die sogenannte Reitungs-Tämpfe.

02:33Sie sind durch den Emergency Response Coordination Center gestalten, um die Mitgliedstaaten zu helfen.

02:38How does this fit into management of wildfires

02:41that are becoming a widespread problem in the block?

02:44The goal here is to ensure faster response time

02:47but also enable valuable on the ground knowledge sharing,

02:52which is particularly relevant because of climate change,

02:55wildfires are increasingly spreading to areas of Europe

02:58where they didn't happen so much such as northern and eastern Europe.

03:01So for instance, this year among the countries that provided firefighters

03:06to France, Spain, Portugal and Greece.

03:08You had Romania, Bulgaria,

03:10Czechia, Estonia, Latvia

03:12and Germany.

03:13The EU budget also allocates some funds

03:16for forest fires prevention

03:18within the rural development

03:20of funds.

03:22But there was some criticism

03:24by the European Court of Auditors.

03:26Why?

03:26Yes, so the ECA found in its review

03:29that a lot of the allocated EU funds

03:30do not actually target areas

03:32most prone to natural disasters.

03:34So it flagged, for instance,

03:36that a lot of these decisions

03:37are made using widely out-of-date data.

03:41So Greece, for instance,

03:42which is traditionally very impacted

03:43by wildfire,

03:44the list of areas prone to wildfire

03:47is 45 years old.

03:49But the ECA did, however,

03:51welcome the fact that more and more money

03:53is now being spent on prevention

03:54rather than just response.

03:56Environmental activists and scientists

03:58said that the recently approved

04:00nature restoration law

04:02could play an important role.

04:03if there was more political will

04:06to implement it,

04:07what are governments

04:08being asked for in this area?

04:11So the aim of the law

04:12is to restore degraded natural habitats

04:15like forest, of course,

04:17but also wetlands and peatlands

04:19in order to improve carbon storage

04:21but also boost biodiversity

04:22and water retention.

04:24So member states have got to submit

04:26a plan outlining the steps

04:28that they will take

04:29in order to achieve that goal.

04:30Increased water retention,

04:32increased biodiversity and soil health

04:34as well as better forest management

04:35can actually help curtail

04:37the spread of wildfire

04:39as well as boost climate change adaptation

04:42towards extreme weather events.

04:44In 2025,

04:46the EU organized a pool of 22 planes

04:49and 650 firefighters

04:50that were made available

04:52by 14 member states.

04:53Most of them were sent

04:54to the higher risk countries

04:56France, Greece, Portugal and Spain.

04:59Some teams also arrived at Croatia,

05:01Cyprus, Czechia, Italy,

05:03Slovakia and Sweden.

05:05Between 2026 and 2029,

05:08the new fleet of 12 planes

05:09and five helicopters

05:11financed by the commission

05:12will be permanently deployed

05:14in France, Greece, Portugal,

05:16Spain, Italy and Croatia.

05:18A nossa convidada

05:20é a eurodeputada portuguesa

05:22Catarina Martins

05:23do Grupo Político à Esquerda

05:25e membro da Comissão de Ambiente

05:27do Parlamento Europeu.

05:28O mecanismo de proteção civil

05:30da União Europeia

05:31é suficiente para fazer face

05:33aos incêndios florestais

05:34que se vêm agravando

05:35por toda a União Europeia.

05:37Se nós não fizermos nada

05:38para proteger o território

05:39para responder às alterações climáticas,

05:41bem, não vai haver meios

05:43de proteção civil

05:44que cheguem

05:44e vamos precisar

05:45de um mecanismo cada vez maior,

05:46cada vez maior,

05:47porque o desastre vai ser cada vez maior.

05:49E a verdade é que

05:50o investimento nesta área

05:52precisa de crescer.

05:54Precisamos de ter mais rápidos

05:55a agir,

05:56a proteger as populações,

05:57a proteger o território

05:58e nos mecanismos de solidariedade.

06:00A Comissão Europeia

06:01financia vários projetos

06:02até de prevenção,

06:03de criação de resiliência

06:05aos florestais.

06:06Há até um plano de ação

06:07que foi criado em 2022.

06:09Mas os cientistas,

06:11os ambientalistas,

06:12dizem que a prevenção

06:14não é ainda

06:15uma prioridade

06:16para os governos.

06:17Não, a verdade é que

06:18não há investimento no território.

06:19A verdade é que nós

06:20devemos ter que alterar

06:21a forma como organizamos

06:22o território

06:22e até os modos de produção

06:24e nada disso

06:25está a ser feito.

06:26Não está a ser feito

06:27nem uma adaptação

06:28da agricultura,

06:29nem uma adaptação

06:30da política florestal,

06:31nem uma coesão territorial.

06:32E o que está a ser decidido

06:34sobre os próximos

06:35quadros financeiros

06:36da União Europeia

06:36tende a piorar

06:37esta situação.

06:39Quando aquilo que

06:39a segurança das populações

06:41mais necessitava

06:42era, por exemplo,

06:42de proteção civil

06:43e de intervenção

06:45no território

06:46para ele ser mais seguro,

06:48nós estamos a gastar

06:49e a prometer

06:50gastar milhares de milhões

06:52em indústria de defesa

06:53que, na verdade,

06:55não vai defender

06:56as populações europeias.

06:57Considera que a União Europeia

06:58está a reduzir

06:59as suas ambições

06:59no combate

07:00às alterações climáticas

07:01que aumentam

07:03o aquecimento global

07:03e que são um fator

07:04muito sério

07:06do agravamento

07:06dos incêndios florestais?

07:08Há neste momento

07:08um discurso muito perigoso

07:09que é achar

07:10que não vale a pena.

07:11Ou seja,

07:11que as questões climáticas

07:12não valem a pena

07:13que agora vamos fazer

07:13uma competitividade

07:15baseada em qualquer outra coisa

07:17que não tenha

07:17critérios ambientais.

07:19Lembrar que a Europa

07:20é o continente

07:20que está a aquecer

07:21mais depressa.

07:22Isto não é uma coisa

07:22lá longe,

07:23isto é aqui.

07:24Os riscos são aqui.

07:26Teremos inundações

07:27novamente,

07:28teremos fogos

07:28novamente,

07:29teremos este susto

07:30outra vez

07:31e portanto

07:31a política climática

07:32não pode mesmo

07:33ser abandonada.

07:34Forest fires

07:35don't just consume

07:36trees and biodiversity

07:37they are costing lives

07:39putting health at risk

07:41due to poor air quality

07:43destroying homes

07:45and businesses.

07:46With a risky season

07:47extending almost

07:49year round

07:50and encompassing

07:51more regions

07:52of the EU

07:53urgent action

07:54and strong policies

07:55are needed.

07:57disting

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