2021 has been a record year for wildfires in California.  Millions of acres have burned, and smoke has choked virtually the entire state for weeks at a time.  What’s behind the growth of wildfires in California?  And what can we do about it?

Panelist Michael Wara is director of the Stanford Woods Institute’s Climate and Energy Policy Program. He also serves on the State of California’s Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery Commission.

Panelist Rebecca Miller is a PhD candidate in Stanford’s Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources.  Her research focuses on historic and current wildfire protection and prevention policies in California and their potential impacts on future wildfires in the state.