Nearly 900,000 hectares of land burnt in 2022, according to the recent Joint Research Centre report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2022, a significant increase compared to 2021.
Climate change
MountResilience
MountResilience aims to support mountain regions and communities in their transition towards a climate-resilient society.
FIRE-RES
FIRE-RES aims to increase the resilience of European landscapes in the face of extreme wildfire events, which have increased in frequency and intensity in a context of climate change.
Forests and the water cycle: adapting Poland’s mountain forests to climate change
Polish State Forests have been active in adapting to climate change by maintaining and strengthening the water storage capacity of mountain forests using Cohesion Policy funds.
X European Mountain Convention – Climate change
The X European Mountain Convention will examine the vulnerability of mountain areas to climate change and the adaptation and mitigation measures available to support mountain areas.
The European Union can do more for forest fire resilience
Europe needs a change of paradigm to better deal with wildfires. Euromontana organised a policy debate at the European Parliament on 24 October as part of the FIRE-RES research project.
MountResilience kicks-off: helping European mountain communities adapt to climate change
MountResilience kicked-off in Ponte di Legno (Italy) on the 19th – 20th and 21st September 2023. MountResilience (Accelerating transformative climate adaptation for higher resilience in European mountain regions) targets mountain territories and their communities to help them adapt to climate change.
Smart mountains – Climate adaptation: what opportunities for mountain businesses?
Euromontana is organising a series of webinars to feed reflection in view of the next European Mountain Convention and showcase good initiatives and contribute to foresight analysis for our collective future
Informing and training to help better communicate natural risks in the mountains
LIFE FRANCA used a participatory approach to raise awareness and train citizens and the various actors who communicate or intervene during floods.