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Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires – what we know, and what we need to do
By Dr Adriana Ford, Centre Manager (Photo: OECD Conference Centre in Paris) Recognising the significant impact that wildfires can have on socio-economic development, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held an international conference “Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires”, jointly organised with PLACARD, on the 16-17 January 2020 in […]
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An interview with Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis
Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis is an Associate Director, and Founding Director, of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society. He is Associate Professor at the Technical University of Crete and remains a part-time Reader at Imperial within the Department of Physics, in the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group. Our Centre Director, Prof. Colin Prentice, asked […]
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Wildfires: Fire expert urges Australian government to “prepare now for 2021”
Imperial’s Professor Guillermo Rein spoke to Caroline Brogan at Imperial about what makes wildfires so dangerous, and what can be done to tackle them.
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Wildfire research centre to launch with £10m from the Leverhulme Trust
New funding will help improve prediction and management of wildfires globally through the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society.
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