欧盟今年的火灾天气严重程度比过去二十年同期平均水平高43%[1]。法国、西班牙、希腊和意大利等地大规模野火持续蔓延，已造成至少3名消防员丧生，迫使超过30万人撤离家园和旅游住宿[1]。
从火灾规模来看，欧盟今年已烧毁约43.5万公顷，约为历史平均水平的三倍，由1400场火灾引发，为平均数量的两倍以上[1]。法国已烧毁9.1万公顷，创该国全年纪录，而距夏季结束尚有一个月[1]。西班牙受灾更重，烧毁面积达20.7万公顷，为该时期平均水平的近五倍[1]。希腊克里特岛和希腊南部各有一名消防员在周二死亡，意大利则在西西里大火中失去一名消防员[1]。
面对这场灾难，欧盟主席冯德莱恩表示"欧洲团结没有极限"[1]。西班牙首相桑切斯呼吁制定"国家协议"应对气候紧急状况[1]。科学研究表明，欧洲6月热浪在无气候变化的世界中"几乎不可能"发生，而土壤干燥度因化石燃料污染增加了五倍[1]。此外，热浪已造成至少1万人死亡，谷物农民损失达20亿欧元[1]。
Firefighting efforts across the European Union are intensifying as wildfires reach unprecedented severity levels this year. Fire weather conditions are currently 43% more severe than the average for the same period over the past two decades [1]. The crisis has claimed at least three firefighter lives, with one dying in Sicily during an Italian wildfire last week and two others perishing in Greece on Tuesday [1].
The scale of destruction has far exceeded historical norms. So far this year, wildfires have burned 435,000 hectares across the EU—approximately three times the historical average—triggered by over 1,400 fires, more than double the typical number [1]. France has already surpassed its full-year fire record with 91,000 hectares destroyed, despite one month of summer remaining [1]. Spain has been even more severely affected, with 207,000 hectares burned, nearly five times the average for this period [1]. The blazes have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes and tourist accommodations [1].
The humanitarian and economic toll extends beyond immediate evacuations. The June heat wave alone caused at least 10,000 deaths, while grain farmers suffered losses estimated at 2 billion euros [1]. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that "European solidarity knows no limits" in response to the crisis [1], while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for establishing a "national agreement" to address the climate emergency [1]. Scientists have indicated that the extreme heat experienced in Europe in June would be "almost impossible" in a world without climate change, with soil dryness intensified by fossil fuel pollution increasing five-fold [1].