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Wildfires in Europe are surging, but we are ready.      How?    🚁22 firefighting airplanes & 4 helicopters are on standby  👨🏽🚒 Almost 650 firefighters from 14 countries are positioned in high-risk areas 🇫🇷 🇬🇷 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 to support local forces 📍 Experts monitoring risks 24/7    Thanks to the #EUCivilProtectionMechanism, we can mobilise emergency assistance for any country in the world when disaster strikes.     Since the beginning of the year, the EU has had:     🔥 1,118 fires   → same period in 2024: 716 fires     🧯 213,993 ha burnt  → same period in 2024: 82,778 ha    Follow the current situation online 👉🏾 https://europa.eu/!HRmFq6     We prepare together. We act together. 

  • A firefighting aircraft releases a large stream of water over a forest wildfire. Thick smoke billows from the burning trees below, with bright orange flames visible among the dense vegetation. In the background, a mountain range rises under a clear blue sky. The landscape is a mix of forested hills and rocky terrain. The scene captures an active effort to control the fire.
Adejo Okpanachi

Climate Educator | ESG Storyteller | PET Recycling Advocate | Comic Illustrator | #UNCCLearnAlumni 👨🎓 | UNITAR 🎓 | SDGs for Youth ♻️📖🌍

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Thanks for sharing

Kaan Can Turkan, SCR

BNP Paribas/Sustainability

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Has this emergency unit been initiated for Türkiye as well for the recent wildfires in the west of the country ?

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Gennadii Vasylkivskyi

Business Area Manager Roche Diagnostics

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🔔 Wildfires are rising — but the real fire will come if Ukraine loses the battle. This war is not as far away as it may seem. Ukraine is Europe’s shield, and if that shield falls, the flames of aggression will reach us all — not just metaphorically. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism shows what we can do when we act together. Let’s apply the same unity and urgency to stop the war. We need more than planes and firefighters — we need political will, strategic foresight, and unshakable solidarity. 🇺🇦 Support Ukraine now — because the fire at Europe’s door is real.

ברכותיי! 🎉

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Dai Liyanage MBE

Managing Director at Urpol Ltd

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Well done!

Federico Lucernoni, PhD

Solution Architect - Technology Consultant - Mentor

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Maybe a good start would be stop buying fracking originated fossil fuels, abort the rearmEu insane plan and stop sponsoring Eternal war and genocide in Palestine and Ucrain. And then maybe have a real green new deal where the real culprits are forced to pay for the disasters they caused leading to climate change - the mega corporations - and not the citizens.

This raises important questions about implementation. What challenges have you encountered?

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Numbers for comparison are not showing that europe is ready, is showing exactly the opposite !!!

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Khokon Sona Rajbhar

Expert professional in Project Planning and Management on Urban/Environment/Construction/WASH/Livelihood/Agriculture/Multi-Sector (Implementation/monitoring/research areas) with National and International organization.

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If Mud through by mixing of nearby Water and Soil, and pump to fire using Mud-Pump can give better results. And it does not require to carry the whole chemical from distance.

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