As the Federal Government continues to reject claims that recent bushfires are linked with climate change, a report by scientists has stirred the debate further by saying the two are indeed linked.

The Climate Council, which was called the Climate Commission before it was recently de-funded by the Coalition Government, says climate change is increasing the probability of extreme fire weather days and is lengthening the fire season.

When questioned about it this morning, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said there was "no debate" about the science and he said it was unfortunate that some people have used the New South Wales bushfire situation to make a political point.

The political debate began last week when Greens MP Adam Bandt wrote an article about it, and tweeted that there would be more bushfires as a result of the Coalition's climate policy.

"The debate this week has been an attempt by some to misuse tragedy and suffering and hardship and nobody should do that," Mr Hunt said.

Climate scientists say facts must be put on the table

The group of climate scientists, including Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University, says with a lot of misinformation about, the facts need to be put on the table.

Professor Steffen was part of the Climate Commission, which was set up by the former Labor government to provide scientific information about climate change.

It was dismantled by the Coalition, but its members sought public donations to continue their work and now call themselves the Climate Council.

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Today, the council is bringing forward some of the interim findings from a new bushfires and climate change report.

Professor Steffen says to deny the influence of climate change in areas of Australia with extreme bushfires places people and property at risk.

"To deny and say that nothing is happening and we don't need to change anything actually would increase risk for people and property," he said.

"Fortunately fire authorities do understand the science and are taking, I think, appropriate action to deal with these increased risks."

He says the link between bushfires and climate change is straightforward.

"Hotter, drier weather increases the risk of fires. It is pretty obvious we don't have many fires during the winter time; we have a lot more fires during the summertime when the climate is hotter," he said.

"Of course, the link then to climate change is we now have a hotter climate in general than we had 50 years ago.

"There is more heat in the atmosphere because of the additional greenhouse gases that humans have put into the atmosphere. So that sort of link is really straightforward to make."

But Mr Hunt says he and Prime Minster Tony Abbott accept the science on the broad link between bushfire risk and climate change.

"This is not a debate about science. It is a debate about the carbon tax," he said.

"In terms of New South Wales, nobody should try to misuse that suffering.

"I think that that is respectfully inappropriate and wrong. Then, as the broader Australian landscape shows, this has been the lived condition.

"The CSIRO's October 2013 report actually talks about bushfires being the Australian ecological and environmental experience for millions of years."