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Fires in Europe Fuelled by Urbanisation and Climate Change

GENEVA, 8 August 2017 - Rapid urbanisation and climate change are major drivers of the many forest fires which continue to sweep across parts of southern Europe claiming many lives and causing significant economic losses, according to a leading expert. Euronews reports that an area the size of Luxembourg has been destroyed by 677 forest fires this ye…

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