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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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PDRA in Fire Management Modelling (deadline 5 Sept 2025)
PDRA in Fire Management Modelling – Full Time, Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 The PDRA Fire Management Modelling will work on the LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, observations and Experiments) project and will be part of a team of scientists developing new fire modelling capacity, based on eco-evolutionary optimality theory. The PDRA will be explicitly responsible […]
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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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Equitable Fire Management in Ghana
Equitable Fire Management in Ghana: co-developing an adaptable framework with local communities using social science and arts-based methods by Adriana Ford, Rahina Sidiki Alare, Kate Schreckenberg (KCL/Leverhulme Wildfires), Godwin Evenyo Dzekoto (A Rocha Ghana) and Danny Anetang (MagzyART) In recent years, the prevalence of wildfires has become a major concern for societies across the globe. […]
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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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Giraffe Team Bulletin – latest from the new Leverhulme Wildfires research teams. No.4
Welcome to the fourth Giraffe Team Bulletin! Approximately every two months, we share a Giraffe Team bulletin, providing you with an update on the latest from each of our six teams. We hope you enjoy the bulletins and that it helps you keep abreast of our research. Please do get in touch if you want […]
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Living with fire: adapting to changing wildfires risks in the Brazilian Amazon
New blog post by PhD student, Michel Valette. Living with fire: adapting to changing wildfires risks in the Brazilian Amazon – Imperial Natural Sciences blog
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