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Climate change made summer wildfires in southeastern Europe 10 times more likely, scientists say (28 Aug 2025)
Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis quoted in Politico on climate change and European wildfires. Feature image: The EU’s fire danger forecast shows that the risk remains high for the coming days in Spain and Portugal, as well as in Sicily, Greece and western Turkey. | Paulo Novais/EPA
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Spain and Portugal wildfires drive worst EU season on record (28 Aug 2025)
Dr Theo Keeping quoted by the BBC on wildfires in Europe Feature image: Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks, Copernicus
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Is your home at risk from rising UK wildfires? (22 Aug 2025)
Dr Adriana Ford quoted in the Telegraph on UK wildfire impacts and risk. Feature image: Firefighters from Noth Wales tackle a gorse fire near Caernarfon in Gwynedd Credit: Rob Formstone
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Hot, dry summers bring new ‘firewave’ risk to UK cities, scientists warn (14 Aug 2025)
Prof Guillermo Rein quoted by the BBC on wildfire risk in the UK.
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A Rocha Ghana Unveils Fire Management Advocacy Billboard at Damongo (27 June 2025)
Leverhulme Wildfires / KCL AHRC IAA project, involving Centre members Rahina Sidiki-Alare, Adriana Ford and Kate Schreckenberg along with project partners, featured in local news in Ghana in PADFM
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In the Media – fire management in Kenya’s Tsavo region (May 2025)
In collaboration with the African Wildlife Foundation and Taita Taveta Conservancies Association, a project on fire management in Kenya, led by PhD student Amos Chege Muthiuru, Dr Adriana Ford and Prof James Millington has been featured in multiple news outlets. The first stage of the project was workshop (May 2025) with Indigenous Peoples and Local […]
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In the Media – on the Los Angeles Wildfires of January 2025
Here we provide a collation of media mentions, interviews etc from our Centre members in relation to the LA wildfires of Jan 2025 (this may be updated). It has been fantastic that not just our esteemed senior academics have contributed, but also our post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis (Imperial College London/TUC) in […]
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Fire Ecology Chats – Episode 31 with Abi Croker – Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna
Fire Ecology Chats – podcast Episode 31 with Abi Croker Episode 31: Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna-protected areas: opportunities and challenges for indigenous-led savanna burning emissions abatement schemes — Association for Fire Ecology Title: Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna-protected areas: opportunities and challenges for indigenous-led savanna burning emissions […]
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The Culture File Debate: The Fire This Time (29 Oct 2022)
On Samhain Weekend, the Culture File Debate (RTÉ Lyric Fm) takes on the myths and the meanings of fire with Dr Cathy Smith, researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires; Donal Lally, co-founder of ANNEX; Andrew Scott, Professor of Modern and Ancient Fire Systems, and Rónán Ó Raghallaigh, an artist whose work involves performance and […]
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Good Fire in Guyana with Kayla de Freitas and Nicolas Cyril (29 Aug 2022)
Good Fire Podcast by Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff – Stories of Indigenous fire stewardship, cultural and social empowerment, and environmental integrity In this episode, Kayla de Freitas and Nicholas Cyril talk about the cultural burning practices in Guyana
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