Wildfire impacts on society and the environment are escalating.
Our researchers have united to help monitor, explain, and predict extreme wildfires and boost society’s resilience to the emerging threat.
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What we do
Monitor
We monitor extreme wildfires, gathering global observations from satellites and coordinating exchange of expert knowledge.
Explain
We explain the causes of extreme wildfire including the roles of extreme weather, climate change, and human activity.
Predict
We predict extreme wildfires under future climate pathways and study potential of climate action to reduce future risks.
Advocate
We advocate for policy and management interventions to build preparedness and resilience to future wildfire threats.
Why we do it
Wildfires are growing more widespread and severe, impacting society and disturbing the natural environment at unprecedented scale.
By explaining the causes of the most harmful and hazardous wildfires, we help to predict future ones.
We steer policy and management towards more fire-resilient futures.
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Working worldwide together
Our project brings together partners from every vegetated continent. We learn from each other and drive forward the science as we push the boundaries of understanding the where’s, when’s and why’s of wildfire.
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Who we are
Our core team has combined their skills in monitoring, modelling, and predicting wildfires to deliver our annual reports on the most extreme fires of the latest wildfire season.
Dr. Matthew Jones
Senior Research Fellow
University of East Anglia
Leads on monitoring extreme wildfires with satellite observations, coordinating exchange of expert knowledge internationally, and driving our strategy on impact assessments.
Dr. Francesca di Giuseppe
Team Leader
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
Leads on explaining the causes of extreme wildfire events and assessing their predictability with current forecasting tools.
Dr. Chantelle Burton
Senior Climate Scientist
Met Office Hadley Centre
Leads on the attribution of extreme wildfire events to climate change and human factors, evaluating the added risk of extreme fires in today’s climate.
Dr. Douglas Kelley
Land Surface Modeller
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Leads on simulating future risk of extreme wildfires and makes major contributions to explaining wildfire causes and attributing extreme events to climate change.
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