EU Wildfire Trends

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

The European Environment Agency has not yet published its wildfire data for 2023 yet, but they did issue the final data for 2022 in October. So I have updated its graph above of burnt area for EUMEDS, the five countries listed  – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece – which it has not updated since 2020.

The chart gives the lie to claims that wildfires are now much worse.

The 2022 report states that 96% of wildfires are caused by human actions. It is a simple fact that much of the Mediterranean region is a tinder box every summer, just waiting for a spark.

Provisional data for last year is, I believe, due out in April, so I’ll update then.