The Summer of Burning: What the 2026 Wildfire Season Tells Us About the Gap Between Planning and Doing

It is August 2026, and the world is on fire. Not metaphorically — literally. Spokane is smoldering. Southwestern France has lost an area four times the size of Paris to flames. Serbia is deploying military helicopters over the Deliblato Sands. A British Columbia resident was forced to evacuate with his goats. Greece lost two firefighters…