The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial
A pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France. Photograph: Emma Da Silva/APView image in fullscreenA pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France. A pyrocumulonimbus is a fire-generated thunderstorm that can whip up winds in unpredictable ways, making the containment of a blaze and assessment of its likely course far more difficult.
- ▪A pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France.
- ▪Photograph: Emma Da Silva/APView image in fullscreenA pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France.
- ▪A pyrocumulonimbus is a fire-generated thunderstorm that can whip up winds in unpredictable ways, making the containment of a blaze and assessment of its likely course far more difficult.
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A pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France. Photograph: Emma Da Silva/APView image in fullscreenA pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire, seen in the Fontainebleau forest region of France. Photograph: Emma Da Silva/APOpinionWildfiresThe Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new realityEditorialAt a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritisedMon 27 Jul 2026 13.30 EDTLast modified on Mon 27 Jul 2026 13.43 EDTShareA new and ominous word has entered the vocabulary of firefighters struggling to cope with the vast wildfire sweeping through south-west France.
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