US EditionSpain Battles 20 Major Wildfires Amid Scorching Heat, Deploys More Troops
Pedro Sánchez proposes a national climate pact calling for unified action across government and society to address wildfires and structural causes, with over 42,000 hectares burned in Orense alone.
- On Sunday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Orense and León and proposed a national pact to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- Linking the wildfires to extreme events like DANA, Sánchez noted the climate emergency is worsening in the Iberian Peninsula.
- Amid widespread destruction, the Military Emergency Unit deploys 1400 military personnel as fires in Orense destroy over 42,000 hectares, evacuating 24 towns and displacing more than 1,400 people.
- Expressing solidarity, Sánchez offered condolences to families of the deceased and praised public servants, stating `we are all the State` to underscore a unified response.
- He argued that the proposed pact concerns all public administrations, parliamentary groups, civil society, science, and the entire country, emphasizing comprehensive future safeguards.
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In the regions of Galicia, Extremadura and Castile-León, the fire continues to spread. The government is asking the EU for help, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is interrupting his holidays – and now wants to launch a climate crisis pact.
Esther Muñoz points out to "priómanos" and "young people" who start the fires for "fun" and "smoke curtain" the state pact proposed by Pedro Sánchez, but at the same time calls for one to improve the financing of the autonomous communities with greater forest mass
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, proposed on Sunday a "national pact" to respond to the "climate emergency". While the forest fires are ravaging Spain, he said he wanted to involve the whole country to think about "a strategy that anticipates a better response". - Fires and heats: Spain wants to have a "national pact in the face of the climate emergency" (International).
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