Little evidence fires due to warming

The Financial Times reports that Mr Kevin Hennessy, a principal research scientist at CSIRO and a contributing author on the IPCC's reports, claims "Continued increases in greenhouse gases will lead to further warming and drier conditions in southern Australia, so the [fire] risks are likely to slightly worsen"

If Mr Hennessy is relying on the same assessments as he made in the 'Drought Exceptional Circumstances Report' (DECR) about the outlook for reduced rain in Southern Australia, then even this qualified projection ('drier conditions…slightly worsen') is questionable.

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