ashes and smoke. this is russia s second worst fire season since the turn of the century, fuelled by extreme heat, they have burned through more than 17 million hectares of land. experts say climate change has made the country was make huge expanses of forest drier, hotter, and increasingly vulnerable to wildfires. europe has also hit record temperatures this summer, and wildfires have torn through the mediterranean. the greek prime minister described it as the better cost of climate change. translate mac == translate mac translation:, | translate mac i translation:, we translate mac ยป translation:, we recognise that dinner with a climate crisis has forced us to change everything, and the way that we produce agricultural products, how we move around, how we generate energy and the way we build our homes. everything must change in this immense effort to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis to whatever extent possible. scientists sa last