Scottish Wildfire Forum

A keynote speaker from the UK Wildfire Conference in 2024, Tiago Olivera, has written an article for the International Association of Wildland Fire website in which he outlines recommendations for how European countries can adapt to the growing wildfire risk. In this piece Tiago explores ‘a new era’ of wildfire mitigation and prevention, as defined in two new wide-ranging reports.

Join Michael Bruce on 14 Nov 2025 for a Royal Meteorological Society lecture exploring how wildfires, fuel, and weather interact in complex, dynamic ways.

Pictured (l to r): Kerryn Little and Katy Ivison – runner-up and winner (respectively) of the UK Wildfire conference series inaugural Charles Gimingham Award A new study recently published in Nature  journal confirms that climate change is resulting in more extreme fire weather during major heatwaves. The study authors include Katy Ivison and Kerryn Little – winner and runner-up (respectively) of the UK Wildfire conference series inaugural Charles Gimingham Award which was presented at the UK...