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How did climate change fuel the wildfires ravaging Europe this summer?

How did climate change fuel the wildfires ravaging Europe this summer?
France 24 Friday 31 July 2026, 09:34 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. How did climate change fuel the wildfires ravaging Europe this summer? Issued on: Share A new study by researchers from the World Weather Attribution has found that human-induced climate change played a significant role in the wildfires that have gripped France and Spain in the past week. The hot and dry conditions brought about by climate change made the fires twice as likely in France and 20 times as likely in Spain the scientists found. [Image text:] SAPEUR DOMPIERS HAUTE-GAONNE
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