Conference on Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires
16 January 2020 to 17 January 2020
Wildfires and climate change / Incendios Forestales y Cambio Climático
This conference will bring together climate change adaptation and wildfire experts from governments and public agencies, as well as from academia and the private sector to discuss recent insights into wildfire risks as well as the extent to which policies have been able to address emerging challenges, such as the impacts of climate change on wildfire patterns.
Organised by the OECD, in collaboration with PLACARD, the European research platform on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, this meeting is organised as part of the activities of the OECD Joint Adaptation Task Force.
Climate change and wildfire risk
Fire behaviour patterns and fire typologies
Perception, culture of risk and communication
Risk assessment and planning