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From research to policy: Study turns EU wildfire assessments into a tool for better governance

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What to know about From research to policy: Study turns EU wildfire assessments into a tool for better governance

The article discusses a study by the CMCC Foundation on wildfire risk governance in Italy, Greece, and Land Brandenburg. It argues for a more integrated, cross-sectoral approach to disaster management to address the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires driven by climate change.

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What happened

From research to policy: Study turns EU wildfire assessments into a tool for better governance Swati Mestri Scientific Editor Robert Egan Senior Editor Climate change, land-use change and socioeconomic pressures are turning wildfires from a primarily…

Why it matters

Despite substantial investments in firefighting capacity, wildfires are projected to become more frequent, extreme and devastating, underscoring the need for cross-cutting solutions.

Common ground

A new CMCC study, "Understanding cross-sectoral wildfire risk governance: Lessons from mix-method analysis of the wildfire risk governance in Italy, Greece, and Land Brandenburg," argues that managing this complexity requires integrated wildfire risk…

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The article discusses a study by the CMCC Foundation on wildfire risk governance in Italy, Greece, and Land Brandenburg. It argues for a more integrated, cross-sectoral approach to disaster management to address the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires driven by climate change.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Italy, one of the five EU countries most affected by wildfires, recorded 589 fires burning 82,462 hectares (204,000 acres) in 2024”
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The provided evidence for Italy consists of general Wikipedia descriptions of the country and its regions; no specific data regarding 589 fires or 82,462 hectares in 2024 was found in the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern and Western Europe. [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
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web search NEUTRAL — Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers. With the exception of the Aosta Valley (since 1945) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (since 2015), each region is div…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Italy
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web search NEUTRAL — Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]) is a country in Southern Europe with small island territories in North Africa. It is a founding member of the European Union and a member of the G7 and G20, as it ha…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
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Claim 2: “A new CMCC study, 'Understanding cross-sectoral wildfire risk governance: Lessons from mix-method analysis of the wildfire risk governance in Italy, Greece, and Land Brandenburg,' argues that managing this complexity requires integrated wildfire risk governance systems”
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Two independent web search results confirm the existence of the CMCC study with the specific title and its argument regarding integrated wildfire risk governance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Italy is experiencing widespread impacts of climate change, with an increase in extreme events such as heatwaves, droughts and more frequent flooding; for example, Venice is facing increasing issues d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Italy
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web search NEUTRAL — The Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC) is a body established in October 2025 as part of a peace agreement which aims to coordinate stabilization and relief efforts in the Gaza Strip in the afte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil-Military_Coordination_Ce…
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web search NEUTRAL — From the moment you step in the door, the faculty and staff at CMCC will help you achieve your academic and career goals. Our mission is YOUR success! Apply today to get started on a great career and …
https://www.cmcc.edu/welcome/
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Claim 3: “The findings are published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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The web search result explicitly states that the findings of the CMCC study were published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability and supporting evidence of effectivity. The term also includes accepting vaccines but remaining uncertain about t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_hesitancy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 pandemic was publicly reported to have reached the U.S. state of Maine on March 12, 2020. As of February 2, 2021, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services reported 131,530 confir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Maine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising about 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, …
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Claim 4: “a 60% surge in fire numbers compared with the 2006–2023 average”
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The 60% surge in fire numbers compared to the 2006-2023 average is mentioned in a single web search result.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 European Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Machineseeker European Championship) was a professional darts tournament that was held at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Ger…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From April to September 2025, parts of Europe were affected by multiple heatwaves. Record-breaking temperatures came as early as April; however, the most extreme temperatures began in mid-June, when e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_European_heatwaves
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Monday, 28 April 2025, at 12:33 CEST (11:33 WEST; 10:33 UTC), a major power blackout occurred across the Iberian Peninsula affecting mainland Portugal and peninsular Spain, where electric power was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Iberian_Peninsula_blackou…
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Claim 5: “almost four times the area recorded over the same period in 2024”
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The claim that the 2025 area was almost four times the 2024 area is found in a single web search result.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of events that have taken or will take place in Europe in 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Europe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a left-wing European political alliance. It operates as a pan-European umbrella for subsidiary parties sharing the same name and branding (e.g. MeR…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterrane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
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Claim 6: “has 292,000 hectares (722,000 acres) of forest potentially contaminated by unexploded ordnance”
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Claim 7: “more than double the 40,122 hectares (99,000 acres) burned in 2023”
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No evidence was found in the search results to confirm the specific hectares burned in Italy in 2023 or 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Area is the measure of a region 's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or plane area refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while surface area refers to the area of an open surface …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area
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web search NEUTRAL — The Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area, designated by the United States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties - Erie and Niagara - in the state of New York. …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo–Niagara_Falls_metrop…
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web search NEUTRAL — This area calculator determines the area of a number of common shapes, including rectangle, triangle, trapezoid, circle, sector, ellipse, and parallelogram.
https://www.calculator.net/area-calculator.html
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Claim 8: “1,003,978 hectares (2.5 million acres) burned over the summer of 2025 in Europe”
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The specific figure of 1,003,978 hectares burned in summer 2025 is mentioned in one web search result. While other results mention 2025 heatwaves, they do not provide this specific statistic to corroborate it.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterrane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Europe is the debut studio album by Swedish rock band Europe, released on 14 March 1983 by Hot Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_(Europe_album)
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Claim 9: “Land Brandenburg... recorded 521 fires burning 1,425.5 hectares (3,500 acres) in 2022—the highest losses since 1983 and 2018”
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No evidence was found after searching for the specific fire statistics for Land Brandenburg in 2022.
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Claim 10: “the 2023 Alexandroupolis fire became the largest recorded wildfire in the EU, burning 93,880 hectares (232,000 acres) in just 15 days”
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Two independent web sources confirm the Alexandroupolis fire as the largest in the EU, with one citing 93,880 hectares and another citing over 96,000 hectares, both agreeing on the scale and record-breaking nature.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fires were jumping over valleys. Firebreaks were useless. That’s when I realised we were facing a different kind of threat.”Subsequent wildfire records confirmed his observations. From Greece to Chile…
https://projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/hor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Greece’s 2023 Alexandroupolis Fire: Europe’s Largest Single Blaze.The Alexandroupolis fire in northeastern Greece became the largest single wildfire ever recorded in the European Union, burning over 9…
https://climatecosmos.com/climate-news/10-wildfires-that-wer…
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web search NEUTRAL — Greece is presented as a Mediterranean hotspot, where the 2023 Alexandroupolis fire became the largest recorded wildfire in the EU, burning 93,880 hectares (232,000 acres) in just 15 days under extrem…
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-policy-eu-wildfire-tool.html
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Claim 11: “human activity accounting for around 88% of incidents and natural causes only 1%”
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No evidence was found after searching for the percentages of human vs natural causes for Italy's 2024 wildfires.
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