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Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» GENEVA - Wildfires are releasing a "witches' brew" of pollutants that can end up wrecking air quality a continent away from the blaze, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday.
New tourism path for climate survival
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» Hotel bookings are vanishing. Tour buses sit idle. Empty beaches. The culprit? Not mass protests. Not pandemics. But smoke, dust, and heat. Tourism fuels Thailand's economy, yet smog, heat waves, and flash floods are rapidly choking it. Can paradise still sell if it's unbreathable?
Betagro launches project to fight wildfires, PM2.5
Published on 19/08/2025
» Bangkok, August 18, 2025 – Betagro Public Company Limited (BTG), a leading integrated food company in Thailand, has launched its flagship project, ‘BETAGRO Saijai Protect Forest Community,’ reaffirming its commitment to food sustainability. The initiative provides wildfire protection equipment worth 5.5 million baht to 10 community forests in seven high-risk provinces, aiming to tackle the root causes of wildfires and PM2.5 air pollution. The project also supports biodiversity conservation in community forest ecosystems – home to diverse native plants and wildlife – through collaboration among the government, private sector, and local communities.
Spain and Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» MADRID - Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began.
Spain on heat alert and 'very high to extreme' fire risk
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» MADRID - All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at "very high to extreme risk" from wildfires.
Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» MADRID - Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.
Thousands battle Greek fires as heatwave bakes Europe
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» PATRAS, Greece - Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.
Man killed in Spain wildfire as European heatwave intensifies
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» MADRID - A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» LAS MéDULAS (SPAIN) - A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cites saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday.
Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists over wildfire
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» TERZIGNO, Italy - Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.