A recent study assessing the role of climate change in the Australian bushfires has determined global warming boosted the risk of bushfires by at least thirty per cent.
However, the World Weather Attribution, who carried out this analysis, say the figure of thirty percent is a conservative estimate; they have posited the actual figures could be much higher.
Oxford Professor, Friederike Otto, says that work is needed to more accurately display the risk of bushfires because current climate models consistently underestimate figures.