Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
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Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
@centrewildfires.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research consortium aiming to radically transform the scientific and practical understanding of wildfires.
Comprised of Imperial College London, King’s College London, University of Reading and RHUL.
www.centreforwildfires.org
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!🔥🇧🇷
imperial.ac.uk/natural-scienc…
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🔊🔥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
April 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔊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:
lnkd.in/es5Z8xMA
March 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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!

centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-t…#WildfireResearchch
March 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
📢 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
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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:
essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
November 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
From science to business- Jono Adams from Anthesis on a business perspective post COP29 #COP29Azerbaijan

#climate #climatechange
#climateyouthsummit
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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
November 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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
November 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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:
www.youtube.com/@unitednatio...
November 23, 2024 at 11:42 AM