00:00So, Europe has had wildfires for millions of years, so we know that every summer we will have wildfires.
00:07What is happening in this particular moment, in these few weeks and the next few weeks coming,
00:11is that there is an unusual number of very large wildfires burning over vast areas of Europe.
00:18This is what we would call, in my group, a fire wave.
00:20It's unprecedented fire behavior, not in one specific location, but multiple locations, overwhelming fire gates,
00:27and not allowing, for example, the European Union to share resources the same way,
00:31because now they have to share with multiple countries, as opposed to one just single country.
00:36So, ahead of the wildfire season, not enough was done.
00:39This is public knowledge. The forests were not managed.
00:43The communities were not engaged in the process of safety.
00:47The only thing that has been done is to continue to equip and continue to train the fire big gates,
00:52which is a very important step, but that cannot be the only step,
00:56because then the only thing that we could do, if this continues, is to suppress,
01:00whereas what we should be doing is prevention, manage, and contain the fire ahead of the ignition.
01:06The effect of climate change in what is happening today in Europe is very strong.
01:11It's impossible to deny it or to hide it.
01:14It's not the only thing that is happening, so this is not just about climate change.
01:17It's an emergency across scales and stakeholders.
01:20But climate change and this intense, continuous number of heatwaves that we are suffering
01:26is making the forest and the vegetation a level of dryness that is very unusual.
01:30Well, now we can end up the fire changes that are alright, so this is an emergency.
01:30However, everyone knows come up ali to the fuel truck.
01:30So, but this means that the invite is leaving an ausp Phillipity,
01:31Grazie a tutti.