The wildfires burning across Europe and North America highlight the urgent need for action now – as climate change, land-use pressures and human activity make severe fires more likely in the future.

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Alexander Held, Senior Expert of the Resilience Programme for Integrated Fire Management. He reframes Europe's wildfire crisis by arguing that the…

Firefighters encountered a dangerous phenomenon never before recorded in France – a “fire cloud” that is more commonly seen in Australia during the most extreme bushfires.

Widespread and intense blazes becoming more frequent and more difficult to combat, experts warn