Wildfire risk has been exacerbated across Europe by climate change favoring more damaging and severe wildfire events. This evolving wildfire risk context interacts with a broad landscape of EU policies including those on nature conservation, forestry, bioeconomy or climate and energy, all of which may increase or reduce fire hazard and the level of exposure and vulnerability of the values at risk. Coherently addressed, policies may support wildfire disaster risk management synergistically while reducing potential dysfunctions. This research conducts a content analysis of EU policies and initiatives under the European Green Deal with respect to integrated wildfire risk management and related nature-based solutions. The results show that a consistent EU policy framework to address wildfire risk reduction in a synergic way exists, with no major conflicts in the policy design. Nevertheless, better guidance on fire-smart land management practices and the conceptualization of wildfire-related nature-based solutions may enhance a more coherent policy implementation. Additional suggestions around the legal status of wildfire protection and ‘whole of government’ governance frameworks are discussed. Notably, within the laws, policies and initiatives analyzed, the beneficial side of fire addressed by integrated fire management is either missing or not explicitly mentioned, although it is considered in policy-related supporting guidelines.

En un contexto donde el riesgo de incendio forestal (IF) es latente y la estructura urbanística presenta asentamientos expuestos a este riesgo, la situación derivada de los cambios en los usos del suelo y el cambio climático se traduce en un aumento de la potencial interacción entre los IF y los sistemas urbanos.El trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar la capacidad de integración del riesgo de IF en la planificación territorial y urbanística de Cataluña, especialmente desde la perspectiva de la vulnerabilidad de los asentamientos. De este modo, se ha llevado a cabo un análisis comparado entre la información del análisis del riesgo y los requerimientos legales y operativos del sistema de planeamiento, para así poder identificar aspectos presentes, o que sea necesario mejorar para hacer efectiva esta integración. Se han identificado unos procesos clave que hace falta definir e introducir en el sistema de planeamiento para que éste sea capaz de tener en cuenta el riesgo de IF para gestionar el territorio. In a context where wildfire risk is latent and the urban structure presents exposed settlements, the derivate situation from the land uses changes and the climate change, is translated as an increase of the potential interaction between wildfires and the urban systems.The objective of this research is to analyze the capacity to integrate the wildfire risk into the spatial and urban planning of Catalonia, specially from the perspective of settlement vulnerability. Thereby, it has carried out a comparative analysis between the risk analysis information and the legal and operational requirements of the planning system, in order to identify current aspects or what is necessary to improve, to make effective this integration. It has identified key processes that are necessary to define and introduce in the planning system so that it is able to take into account wildfire risk to manage the territory.