Europe Is Burning

About this episode

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. 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. Guest: • Chico Harlan, the global climate correspondent for The New York Times, covering the changing planet. • Mark Landler, the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, covering France, trans-Atlantic relations and the future of Europe. Background reading:  • Europe’s summer of reckoning is “just the beginning.” • The fires in France and Spain have been breaking modern records. Photo: Baz Ratner/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrate