After experiencing the most severe heatwave in decades, Mediterranean countries like Greece, Turkey, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain have been in the midst of a wave of destructive and deadly wildfires that have displaced thousands of residents and scorched the landscape. Scientists say there’s little doubt that the scope, severity, and regularity of these wildfires are linked to man-made climate change, and the Mediterranean region itself has been designated a “climate change hotspot.†TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Theodota Nantsou in Athens about the toll the fires have taken on Greece, the national and international efforts to contain them, and the bleak future that awaits if we don’t dramatically address the root causes of climate change.
Since 2005, Nantsou has been the head of the Environmental Policy Department at the World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund) office in Greece; she is also the chair of the Strategy Advisory Group at the WWF European Policy Office. Together with her team, Nantsou monitors and develops proposals for the improvement of Greece’s policies on climate change, biodiversity conservation, green economy, and good governance. 
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Thanks for covering nature and the environment. Hardly any other progressives are doing so on alternative media.
#scaledown consumption in affluent countries and population globally. Otherwise we'll continue taking nature down.
Latin? If that Greek for big word?
Part of it is climate change and the other part is lack of forest management. California stopped controlled burns and forest clean up about 10yrs ago. Wonder why we have so many fires now???? The climate is changing, we can't do anything about that. But we need to get back to actual forest management and be more aggressive about it.
Stupidity. Fire.must be set and used regularly, not fought.
Actually it's not just the mediterranean – it's south and west of France, Turkey, Romania and Lebanon.
Wildfires are a naturally occurring. No having wildfires is unnatural. Idiots.
Tunisia too on the border with Algeria in Ain Draham , pray for everybody ðŸ™ðŸ¼
"Scientists say there's little doubt that the scope, severity, and regularity of these wildfires are linked to man-made climate change." Bull Shit !!! Climate Change would still be happening now if humans never even appeared on Earth. SEVERE Climate Change has happened MANY Times in the history of The World, and a few times since humans have been here. NO Doubt, carbon emissions are making the ALREADY Prevailing Natural Climate Change even worse, but how much worse NO One can say with certainty. Of Course, carbon emissions CONTRIBUTE to Climate Change and should've been stopped decades ago, but the BS that ALL Mass Media is peddling about Man Made Climate Change is Just A SMALL Part of the Whole Story. It looks like Arrogant Humans must take credit for Everything, even Natural Events beyond their Puny and Pathetic Attempts to Control Mother Nature. Check out "Climategate" of 2013 to see how climate data is being rigged to maintain a Phony Political Agenda.
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Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors
Yeah yeah yeah, but how can this be financialized with the costs shoved onto the public so it can be used a a derivative base?
Looks like we all need electric vehicles bs
So sorry to hear about this.😟
You know that the evil people called Deep State have manipulated weather since 1953…Don’t you think they have perfected their sick skills by now….the DS are desperate to cover up and sow trouble in order to scare people into submission …It’s their playbook you must read about…
Man made WEATHER change! Stop the damn chem trailing. Stop starting these fires.😡
About a third of the world is on fire. That was predicted in the bible by Jesus in the book of Revelation. Wake up people. The signs are all around you. The end of THIS world is nigh.
Half the world is on fire. The other half is drowning.
It's just my opinion but I truly feel someone is clearing the way for thier own legacy's to settle in prime real estate!
https://youtu.be/r6OH49krPX0
Also this guy!
The WWF is a neolib grift.
They help to displace Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral lands. Which ensures the disruption/destruction of natural rhythms.