The National Academy of Sciences is organizing a Climate Conversation emphasizing key learnings and potential for scientific support to affected communities, leveraging insights from recent major urban fires. This event will delve into the various factors heightening urban wildfire risks and examine effects on health, infrastructure, and other societal systems. Additionally, it will address strategies for community preparedness and recovery post-disaster.
Join the National Academies for an insightful discussion on urban wildfires amid climate change. Annually, the National Academies organize numerous conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other events, attracting leading figures from academia and the public and private sectors.
About The National Academy of Sciences Climate Conversations: “Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action is a monthly webinar series from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that aims to convene high-level, cross-cutting, nonpartisan conversations about issues relevant to policy action on climate change.”
Relevant Resources:
The Social-Ecological Consequences of Future Wildfire and Smoke in the West (2024)
The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface (2022)
Wildland Fires: Toward Improved Understanding and Forecasting of Air Quality Impacts (2022)
Why and When is Respiratory Protection Needed? (2022)
Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness (2020)
(Source: https://events.nationalacademies.org/44524_02-2025_climate-conversations-urban-fires)
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