Europe Is Burning

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Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been forced to evacuate from blazes fueled by soaring temperatures and dry conditions.

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This summer, wildfires have been raging across Europe. France and
Spain have been hit particularly badly, with hundreds of
thousands of acres incinerated and entire communities devastated.

Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York
Times, and Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief, explain how much
the continent may need to adapt to climate change.

Guest:

Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent
for The New York Times, covering the changing planet.

Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief of The
New York Times, covering France, trans-Atlantic relations and
the future of Europe.

Background reading:

Europe’s summer of reckoning is “just the beginning.”

The fires in France and Spain have been breaking modern
records.

Photo: Baz Ratner/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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