Wildfires - Photo © European Union 2026

As catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern Europe, WWF warns that the EU is sleepwalking into a permanent wildfire crisis while simultaneously weakening key environmental protections that help safeguard people, economies and nature from climate impacts.

Global warming - Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

The EU Council has formally adopted the amended European climate law, introducing a binding intermediate climate target by 2040 of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990 levels.