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Critical infrastructure

Wildfires can cause widespread damage to critical infrastructure, disrupting the essential services communities rely on.

Fires and extreme heat can affect energy, transport, water and communication systems, while cascading failures can extend impacts far beyond burned areas and slow recovery. Explore the latest research, insights and resources on how wildfires affect infrastructure and the measures needed to strengthen resilience and reduce disruption.

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Reducing risks together: Multi-hazards and multi-risks in the energy sector thumbnail
Documents and publications

This document transfers the MYRIAD-EU approach to the energy sector, including harmonised definitions of multi-hazard/multirisk, sets of historical events, and a multi-sectoral perspective.

MYRIAD-EU
Towards resilient critical infrastructure in the face of extreme wildfire events thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of wildfire impacts and the corresponding critical infrastructure resilience strategies employed across the EU and the US.

Infrastructures (MDPI)
2025 European forest fire risk: How bad can it get? An analysis of risk of damage to infrastructure from forest fire thumbnail
Documents and publications

This report investigates how much worse the damage from forest fire could get. The Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI) has analysed the risk of damage to property from forest fire to every single state and province in Europe from 1990-2050.

XDI (The Cross Dependency Initiative) - xdi.systems
Grand Canyon National Park South Rim Landscape with North Rim wildfire, forming part of the Dragon Bravo mega fire of Summer 2025
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USA: Grand Canyon’s megafire shows the growing threat to water systems

By mid-August, Dragon Bravo was a “megafire,” having burned over 140,000 acres, and was one of the largest fires in Arizona history. It had destroyed more than 70 structures, including the iconic Grand Canyon Lodge, and sent smoke across the region.

Conversation Media Group, the
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Germany: How can railways become more climate resilient?

Even though trains are the safest and most sustainable mode of transportation, they are vulnerable to extreme weather. What lessons can be learned from the recent train derailment in southern Germany?

Deutsche Welle
Case study
Location: Dominica
Roseau’s Enhancement Project maps fire & flood hazards, sets up a City Resilience Platform and resilient-infrastructure plan, aligning with Dominica’s goal to be the world’s first climate-resilient nation by 2030.
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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White paper finds U.S. utilities lagging on wildfire preparedness

Despite facing considerable wildfire risk, many power utilities have yet to adopt basic mitigation measures – endangering communities and the future energy system.

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Iran/Iraq: How dried-out wetlands on the border threaten the region

Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking wetland in Iran.

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