Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments
The State of Wildfires report takes stock of extreme wildfires of the 2023-2024 fire season, explains their causes and assesses whether events could have been predicted. It also evaluates how the risk of similar events will change in future under different climate change scenarios.
This is the first report of an annual series. It was co-led by the University of East Anglia, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
Speakers included:
Dr Matthew Jones, Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia
Dr Douglas Kelley, Senior Land Surface and Earth System Modeller at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Dr Chantelle Burton, Senior Climate Scientist in Fire, Carbon Cycle and Earth System Science at the Met Office
Dr Francesca Di Giuseppe, Fire forecast coordinator, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Dr Joe McNorton, Land Surface modeller, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts