According to the UN’s climate body, climate change is making the conditions needed for wildfires to spread more likely.
Heatwaves have become more frequent, more intense, and last longer.
The world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.
“We’re doing everything to destroy our planet,” says Georgia, who believes individuals must take more responsibility for how they behave.
East Attica is, after all, her home and one she won’t leave despite the repeated blazes.
“We don’t have that choice,” she says, adding, “Where to go?” – given this fire reached Greece’s most populous city.
The wisdom of Athens’ sprawling urban expansion – into hills and woodland – has long been questioned and has now been raised again by the UN’s global chief heat officer, Eleni Myrivili , who is herself Greek.
“We have created cities that might not be exactly in the right place and in the right type,” she said on a visit to the island of Lesbos.
“When I was a kid, I remember… the mountains facing the capital were green.”