Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society

Fire in Practice - Indigenous-led prescribed burning in California Join Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning to discuss the return of cultural and Indigenous-led prescribed burning

Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous

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Fire in Practice - International Savanna Fire Management Initiative Join Sam Johnston for a talk on Indigenous-Led Fire Management as a Climate, Biodiversity and Cultural Solution for the World’s Savannas

🔊🔥Join us for our next "Fire in Practice: Conversations with Wildfire Practitioners" webinar!
When: Wed 23rd July, 10.30-11:30am (BST) (online/ in person at KCL).
Speaker: Sam Johnston, International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
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Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Wildfires and Climate Change: Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread in a Changing World at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

🔊🔥 Two PhD opportunities available with one of our centres Supervisors, Francesco Restuccia, at King’s College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. They will be funded through ERC and present brilliant opportunities with an equally brilliant supervisor!

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Congratulations to our Centre Manager, Adriana Ford, for winning the Staff Category of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Faculty of Natural Sciences Image Competition, with her photo "Purposeful Flames", taken at the @FIRE_ADAPT Brazil Study Hub!🔥🇧🇷
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Leverhule Wildfires Summer Conference 2026- Tues 21st July, at Imperial College London

🔊🔥SAVE THE DATE for the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2026, to be held at Imperial College London on Tuesday 21st July 2026. Watch this space for more information coming soon!

#WildfireResearch #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalScience #LeverhulmeWildfires #FireScience

🔊Imperial College London Natural Sciences image competition exhibition, 2nd April!

We're happy to represent #wildfires through Adriana Ford's shortlisted entry "Purposeful Flames' taken in Brazil in the FIRE-ADAPT project.

Can't make it? View the shortlisted photos and vote here:
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Latest from our Just Fire team!
🔥 New paper on global human-fire interactions led by Cathy Smith out April 2025.
🔥 ESRC grant for work on Indigenous fire knowledge in Kenya.
🔥 Congrats to Abi Croker, now Postdoc at Princeton!

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#WildfireResearch

📢 Call for abstracts!

Centre researchers are convening a fire modelling session at the International Congress of Fire in the Earth System — Abstract submissions welcome!

🔗 The Congress website for more information and abstract submission: firecongress.eu

#Wildfires #fire

Just a few days to go to apply for this exciting PhD opportunity at the Centre on environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!

📢New blog post by our Centre member Farrer Owsley-Brown @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #wildfires - how potassium in biomass could improve emissions estimates

PhD in Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches (closing date 3 Mar 2025) - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre PhD opportunity with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches   P...

We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
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L.A. Wildfires: Reimagining recovery and resilience - Leverhulme Wildfires Centre by Alex Mines, Imperial College London/ Leverhulme Wildfires In the aftermath of the palisades and Eaton Wildfires of Los Angeles this month, California’s communities, policymakers, and insurance mark...

New blog post by Alex Mines, our new PhD student at CEP @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, on the LA wildfires and how prioritising resiliency strategies can help insurance markets and wildland-urban interface communities
#lawildfire #wildfires

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The room was almost overspilling at the Geography departmental seminar today @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social such was the interest in Doug Kelley's (from CEH) talk about the State of Wildfires. #wildfires You can view the latest report here:
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The Conditions that Led to the L.A. Fires Climate change has exacerbated the size, intensity, and damage caused by the wildfires.

Our Centre Associate Director Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social contributes to this Time magazine article on the #LAwildfires, where he explains the role of the dry Santa Ana winds and climate change #wildfires
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King's expert in wildfires and satellite imaging awarded MBE in New Year Honours Recognition for researcher who helped bring global attention to landscape fire and smoke

Congratulations to our Associate Director, Prof Martin Wooster at King's College London, for being made an MBE for his contribution to wildfire science! 👏🥳

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Hello World! I'm Luke, a PhD student at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, NCEO, & @centrewildfires.bsky.social studying peatland wildfires 🔥🌿: their emissions, climate impact, and human health effects. My work utilises infrared remote sensing, earth observation, and a lot of soil.

YouTube video by Leverhulme Wildfires Leverhulme Wildfires Webinar - Christoph Neger & Laura Ponce Calderón - fire management in Mexico

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YouTube video by Leverhulme Wildfires Fire in Practice Godwin Dzekoto Collaborative fire management in Ghana

Missed our recent webinars on fire management in Ghana and Mexico? Fear not, you can watch the recordings online!

#wildfires #climate ##firemanagement

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Fire in Practice - Collaborative Fire Management in Ghana Join Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana on integrating historical fire practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative fire management

🔉🔥Our second free webinar this week is on Wed 27th Nov 14:30-15:30

"Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches", with Godwin Dzekoto from A Rocha Ghana

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#wildfire #firemanagement

Leverhulme Wildfires Guest Webinar on integrated fire management in Mexico Join this webinar with Christoph Neger (UNAM) and Laura Ponce (ECOSUR) on Mexico’s path towards integrated and intercultural fire management

🔉🔥We have two webinars this week - please register for free on Eventbrite!
The first is on Mexico's challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management by Christoph Neger and Laura Ponce Calderón
Tues 26th Nov 16:00-17:00 GMT
#wildfires #IFM
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Next up we have Dr Balasubramanyan Chandramoham from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and COP29 Observer, highlighting small island states and young people in COP29 and #climatechange

#climate
#climateyouthsummit

From science to business- Jono Adams from Anthesis on a business perspective post COP29 #COP29Azerbaijan

#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit

YouTube video by Casina Pio IV 13 Joyce Kimutai | Floods

The talk we shared by Dr Joyce Kimutai from @granthamicl.bsky.social
at our UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, is available on YouTube - do check it out.
#climate #flooding
#climateyouthsummit

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Now up at the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, our very own Prof. Apostolos Voulgarakis from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and Technical University of Crete, talking about #wildfires and #climate

#climateyouthsummit

Sir Jim Skea

Sir Jim Skea

Dr Carl Wright

Dr Carl Wright

The UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, co-hosted by our Centre, is underway @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with insightful talks by Sir Jim Skea, Chair of @ipcc.bsky.social & Dr Carl Wright, Secretary General Emeritus Commonwealth Local Government
#climateyouthsummit
#climatechange

Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, COP29 fringe, London. Join us to hear from leading experts in research and business as they discuss COP29 and share the latest insights.on Climate action

Only a couple of hours until the UNA Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024, which we are co-hosting at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with United Nations Association Climate and Oceans.
#climateyouthsummit
We plan to livestream it here starting at 13.30 GMT:
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We very much enjoyed the UK Wildfires 2O24 conference in Aberdeen this week! Thank you @firebreak03.bsky.social and all the organisers and sponsors, and of course all the presenters for their informative talks.
Hopefully UK fire community will connect on BlueSky 😊🔥

Great to connect with you Hugh! That's really interesting, and the connection isn't so tenuous! Some of our researchers are also looking atmospheric effects; they're finding Canadian 2023 wildfires likely affected temps drastically across Northern Hemisphere for months via aerosol-induced cooling

Hello! We have just joined Blue Sky, and those who don't know us, we do interdisciplinary global wildfires research!🔥 Funded from 2019-2029 by the Leverhulme Trust, and based out of London, UK. We are looking forward to connecting with existing contacts and new people!