Clair Barnes

What we’re seeing in France and Spain isn’t just bad luck, it is a clear sign of the escalating impacts of anthropogenic warming,

• said Clair Barnes, a climate scientist at Imperial College London and the lead researcher on the analysis
  Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/climate…Jul 30, 22:01

We’ve seen repeatedly how climate change increases hot, dry, flammable conditions that are extremely conducive to wildfires,

• said Clair Barnes, a climate researcher at Imperial College London and lead author of the analysis
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/07…Jul 30, 22:00

Hopefully just the sheer size of the numbers is really illustrating to people that this is something we need to be worrying about and preparing for,

• said Barnes
  Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…Jul 13, 05:00

It’s time we woke up to the fact that we now live in a country with dangerously hot summers. To protect people during future extremes, we must urgently adapt to the reality of the climate we now have, and double down on global efforts to reach net zero emissions to stop this from getting worse,

• Dr Clair Barnes, research associate in extreme weather and climate change, Imperial College London said
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…Jul 12, 23:17
• Dr Barnes said
  Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/weather…Jul 13, 09:15

The proportion is lower for June,... primarily because the temperatures were so extreme that even without the extra boost from human-caused warming, the heat-related excess mortality would have been very high.”

• said Barnes,
  Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…Jul 13, 05:00

More deaths do happen when it is cold, but they’re not necessarily directly linked to the cold, they are often flu deaths. Whereas we see a direct link between spikes in heat and spikes in mortality,

• Dr Barnes said
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…Jul 12, 23:17