Europe Is Burning

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<p>This summer, wildfires have been raging across Europe. France and Spain have been hit particularly badly, with hundreds of thousands of acres incinerated and entire communities devastated.</p> <p>Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, and Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief, explain how much the continent may need to adapt to climate change.</p> <p>Guest:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/chico-harlan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Chico Harlan</strong></a>, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, covering the changing planet.</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/mark-landler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Mark Landler</strong></a>, the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, covering France, trans-Atlantic relations and the future of Europe.</li> </ul> <p>Background reading: </p> <ul> <li>Europe’s summer of reckoning is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/europe/summer-heat-wave-fires-climate-change.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“just the beginning.”</a></li> <li>The fires in France and Spain have been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/28/world/europe/france-spain-wildfires-2026-fire-season.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">breaking modern records</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Photo: Baz Ratner/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</p> <p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>