Climate change made Spain's wildfires 20 times more likely, study finds

Researchers from World Weather Attribution found that human-induced climate change made the recent wildfires in France twice as likely and those in Spain 20 times more likely. The hot and dry conditions fuelling the fires are a direct consequence of global warming. The study focuses on blazes that swept through both countries in the past week.

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