Clair Barnes

Clair Barnes is a Research Associate at Imperial College London's Centre for Environmental Policy within the Faculty of Natural Sciences. She contributes to climate change research through her work at the Grantham Institute and the World Weather Attribution initiative since 2022.

• PhD in Statistical Science from University College London

Her research focuses on improving probabilistic attribution methodologies to quantify climate change impacts on extreme weather events. She specializes in multi-model ensemble forecasts and uncertainty quantification within a multivariate Bayes Linear framework.

Recent publications analyze extreme weather attribution across diverse regions, including wildfires in Canada, droughts in the Horn of Africa, and heatwaves in Europe. Her work emphasizes the interplay between climate change and natural variability, with methodological advances in spatial climate modeling and data analytics.

Clair actively collaborates on climate research tools like xclim and investigates compound hazards from climate extremes. She participates in interdisciplinary initiatives addressing climate impacts on vulnerable communities globally.