Events
20/11
2025
COP30: Turning policy into practice: Advancing Integrated Fire Management across countries
Hybrid Event, 20/11/2025
This COP30 Pavilion event, organised by the Global Fire Management Hub, will bring together policymakers, experts, and practitioners from multiple regions to share experiences in developing and implementing IFM policies.
20/11
2025
COP30: From traditional practice to global policy: Indigenous Peoples and fire stewardship
Hybrid Event, 20/11/2025
This COP30 Pavilion event, organised by the Global Fire Management Hub, will showcase Indigenous-led approaches as key to sustainable and proactive IFM.
19/11
2025
COP30: Wildfires and Climate Change: From Prevention to Global Action
19/11/2025
This COP30 Pavilion event, organised by the Government of Brazil, will spotlight how countries are turning Integrated Fire Management (IFM) policy into practice to build fire-resilient landscapes and communities.
18/11
2025
COP30: Preventing tropical wildfires: Local leadership, national ambition and climate financing
18/11/2025
This session held during COP30, organised by Tropenbos and partners, will bring together Parties, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, researchers, funders and civil society to focus on the ambitious shared action required for wildfire prevention in the tropics.
17/11
2025
COP30: From Call to Action to Implementation: the Global Fire Management Hub
Hybrid Event, 17/11/2025
This COP30 Presidency Action Agenda Event, organised by FAO and the Government of Brazil, showcases results of the Global Fire Management Hub, which brings together key partners to advance Integrated Fire Management.
14/11
2025
COP30 Side Event: Fire to Water: Vulnerability, Science and Policy Responses to Rising Risks in the Amazon
14/11/2025
This COP30 official Side Event organised by Red Amazonia de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada (RAISG), Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza and Tropenbos, examines how forest fires are accelerating water vulnerability in the Amazon.
13/11
2025
COP30: Fuego y Clima: Desafíos y Soluciones en los Bosques Húmedos Tropicales
13/11/2025
This COP30 Pavilion event, organised by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, is a unique opportunity to amplify the voices of the Amazon and promote substantive dialogue on the topic of fire and climate.
10/6
2025
12/6
2025
Global Fire Management Hub Plenary 2025
Roma (Italy), Hybrid Event, 10/06/2025 - 12/06/2025
On 10-12 June 2025 at FAO headquarters, the first Plenary of the Global Fire Management Hub will bring together global experts to advance integrated fire management. It will be a unique opportunity for the global fire community to review collective progress, co-create future strategies, and ignite new partnerships for shared success.
26/7
2024
The Fire Hub – connecting the global fire community
Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 26/07/2024
This event explored innovative solutions and collaborative efforts in managing fires more effectively and sustainably. It provided background on the development of the Fire Hub and offer a platform for discussion among governments, organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and other local knowledge holders, to define a path towards better integrated fire management globally. Organized by th...
28/5
2024
30/5
2024
Third technical workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub (Fire Hub)
Rome (Italy), 28/05/2024 - 30/05/2024
With seed funding from the Federal Republic of Germany through the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, FAO hosted three technical workshops and consultations in 2023 and 2024 to develop the Global Fire Management Hub (Fire Hub).
22/3
2024
23/3
2024
Fire danger rating and early warning systems workshop: Building tools for integrated fire management
Rome (Italy), 22/03/2024 - 23/03/2024
Fire danger rating is the cornerstone of fire management, and the focus of this workshop was on using fire danger rating and early warning information for fire management decision-making.
19/3
2024
21/3
2024
Second technical workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub
Rome (Italy), 19/03/2024 - 21/03/2024
The Second Technical Workshop focused on leveraging the expertise of the regional networks and centres of the Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN), and other partners, to advance IFM globally.
14/11
2023
16/11
2023
First technical workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub
Rome (Italy), 14/11/2023 - 16/11/2023
The First Technical Workshop laid the groundwork for the Fire Hub. Discussions revolved around integrating the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) into the Fire Hub and identifying its five key pillars – Knowledge and Data Sharing, Capacity Building, Fire Risk Reduction, Wildfire Resilient Communities and Policy Support.