World: Record number of wildfires in 2025 calls for stronger EU action

Country: World Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations The European Union experienced its most devastating wildfire season on record in 2025, with over 1 million hectares of land burnt – an area roughly the size of Cyprus – according to new data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), managed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. EFFIS satellite monitoring revealed that 7,783 wildfires swept across 25 EU countrie