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Sicily workshop report – “Managing Fires, Overcoming Emergency, Planning Prevention”– University of Palermo, Sicily (Nov 14, 2023)
By Erika Piroli, Imperial College London On November 14, 2023, the Working Group on Wildfire Management of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF), in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Sciences (SAAF) at the University of Palermo, organized a workshop at the “G.P. Ballatore” lecture hall. The event, […]
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Why fire limits our options to respond to climate change
By Ol Perkins and James Millington, King’s College London When you think of fire and climate change, you might think of images from last summer’s fires across Greece or Northern Canada. Rightly so – these represent an important and growing climate adaptation challenge. However, fire also has another important interaction with climate change: by restricting […]
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What does Climate Justice Mean to You?
‘What does climate justice mean to you?‘ This was the question posed to students and staff in Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, for a creative arts competition. The competition was run by Strathmore University in collaboration with our Centre, in association with our joint workshop ‘Decolonising Climate Research – an Art-Science Workshop‘ which was held […]
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Mazingira yetu wajibu wetu – Our environment, Our responsibility
By Adriana Ford, Abi Croker and Shadrack Musyoki Mazingira yetu wajibu wetu – Our environment, Our responsibility Decolonising Climate Research – an Art-Science Workshop On 16th May, 2023, scientists, students and members of the public joined concurrently at the Science Gallery London, Strathmore University in Nairobi and online, to discuss, through a series of talks […]
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Fires in the Scottish Uplands and their future impacts on ecosystem services
Photo: Prescribed fires in the Cairngorms National Park, February 2023. Source: M. Valette In this article, PhD student Michel Valette, from Imperial College London, reports on his findings from a research secondment with The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, in which he investigated future impacts of prescribed fires and woodland restoration in the Cairngorms National […]
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Reflections from our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference bursary recipients – Aline Naawa and Naftal Kariuki
For our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we offered two fully-funded bursaries for PhD or MSc students from countries with low-middle income economies, to visit London for one week – to present a poster at our conference, and also give a talk at FiredUp2023, a student-led conference which was also held at Imperial on the same […]
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Wildfires FAQs
Working in collaboration with the Grantham Institute, we have together produced a set of FAQs relating to wildfires and climate, including: What is the impact of human-caused climate change on wildfires?; What are the impacts of wildfires on humans and the environment?; What can be done to reduce the increased risk of wildfires due to […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Poster Session 2023
Welcome to the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference Poster Hub! Here you can view a list of posters that were presented at the poster session, organised into the four main conference themes. To view the poster abstracts, please download here (xcel). Where provided, pdfs of the posters can accessed below. A big thank you to the […]
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Wildfires Research through the Lens (PhD Photography Competition)
In association with the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we ran a competition to find photographs and accompanying narratives that best communicate the impressive work of PhD students studying wildfires from across the world. We received 13 eligible entries from PhD students studying in the UK, USA, Greece and Switzerland, with photographs taken in Guyana, […]
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Understanding Wildfires in Sicily: A Stakeholder Consultation Workshop
Wildfires have become an increasingly common occurrence in Europe, with both intentional and unintentional human activities being the primary causes. While controlled fires can be beneficial to ecosystems, large-scale wildfires often lead to severe economic damage and pose significant threats to human lives. Italy, with its Mediterranean climate, is particularly susceptible to wildfires, and the […]
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