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Climate change is severely affecting countries like Spain and Greece.

In the first, water had to be cut off periodically due to a prolonged drought, and in the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in recent days due to widespread forest fires.

Now the two countries are sounding the alarm for the European Union, Politico reported.

Spain and Greece point out that they are much more vulnerable to climate change than northern EU member states such as Sweden, and warn of economic catastrophe if action is not taken.

“I am a strong supporter of the green transition. But it cannot happen at the expense of those who are already suffering the consequences of climate change today,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the newspaper.

We want to see the EU fund.

Conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined Spain's Socialist Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera on the campaign trail.

They are united in the same call for measures to help both countries combat extreme weather conditions.

Among other things, they call for the creation of a new EU fund that would be able to contribute financial resources.

“You want to invest as soon as possible because it reduces costs and gives you early access to benefits. That’s why the economic discussion is important,” says Ribera.

Sweden appealed

In Greece, more than 100,000 hectares have burned over the past week.

More than 700 firefighters from Turkey, France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic were called in to fight the fire.

The problems were similar last year.

Greece then appealed to Sweden – and immediately got the green light from the government to ask for help.

Through the Norwegian Agency for Social Protection and Preparedness (MSB), scoop planes have been sent to fight the forest fires.

200 servings

Every year, the Swedish Social Protection and Preparedness Agency (MSB) carries out approximately 200 interventions in external crises and conflict hotspots.

Migratory Birds also works with efforts to develop the capacity of other countries to prevent and manage crises and integrate gender and environmental aspects into crisis management.

– The experiences we gain from the wide-ranging crisis situations in other countries are also of great value in national work – and the opposite is confirmed by the Authority on its website.

Photo: AJ Pont or Nini Andersson Government Office

Text: Editors