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Climate alarm in Albania: Forests heading for increasingly dangerous fire season

2026-08-15 08:42:31Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Climate alarm in Albania: Forests heading for increasingly dangerous fire season

Forest fires are becoming one of the climate hazards with the greatest consequences for Albania, driven by rising temperatures, longer droughts, and reduced summer rainfall.

According to the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2026–2036, fires, along with floods, droughts, and landslides, account for over 90% of the damages recorded from climate disasters in the country.

Over the last two decades, natural and climatic disasters have affected 95% of Albanian municipalities.

Rising temperatures and decreasing soil moisture are expected to make vegetation more flammable, extending the fire season and increasing the likelihood that flames will spread over larger areas.

Climate projections indicate that by 2050, average temperatures could increase by 0.9–2 degrees Celsius, while summer precipitation could decrease by 8.1–17.6%.

Fires damage biodiversity, degrade and expose soil to erosion, threaten water sources and pastures, and reduce the ability of forests to absorb carbon.

The damage is also transmitted to agriculture, livestock and tourism, while rural communities lose sources of income from timber, medicinal plants and other forest products.

The plan predicts that economic damages from climate change as a whole could reach up to 7% of Albania's Gross Domestic Product in 2050, in the absence of adaptation measures.

To limit the risk, the National Plan, among other things, aims to create four nurseries and reforest bare forest areas damaged by erosion, fires and logging.

Monitoring of seedling survival and the use of species most suitable for new climatic conditions are also envisaged.

Other measures include improving the management of forests and protected areas, restoring damaged ecosystems, controlling erosion, and establishing payment schemes for ecosystem services, with the aim of ensuring that part of the financing of forest conservation and rehabilitation is provided by the beneficiaries of these services.

In total, the National Plan contains 13 priority measures for the forestry sector. Their implementation will extend over the period 2026–2036, while some long-term interventions are expected to continue until 2042.


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