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Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force

GeoPolicy: How the geography of risk is changing for Europe’s wildfires

Marta López-Saavedra October 23, 2026

Dr. Marta López-Saavedra (Natural Risks Assessment and Management Service (NRAMS)) represented EGU’s Science for Policy Climate Hazard and Risk External Advisory Group at the CCEC Symposium on European and Global Wildfires, Budapest, September 2026. This blog represents Marta’s reflections of the event, of Europe’s current landscape of wildfire risk, and how research can be integrated …[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Response to the new European climate resilience framework

EGU Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force April 3, 2026

Climate change is having a profound impact on the planet. According to several reports, 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the global average temperature over the 12-month period from February 2023 to January 2024 exceeding the 1.5 °C threshold above pre-industrial levels. Climate change acts as a risk multiplier, as its impacts transcend …[Read More]