Taming wildfires in the context of climate change: The case of Greece
The frequency and severity of extreme wildfires are on the rise in Greece, causing
unprecedented disruption and increasingly challenging the country’s capacity to contain
losses and damages. These challenges are set to keep growing in the context of climate
change, highlighting the need to scale up wildfire prevention and climate change adaptation.
This paper provides an overview of Greece's wildfire policies and practices and assesses
the extent to which wildfire management in the country is evolving to adapt to growing
wildfire risk under climate change.