Extreme weather impacts of climate change: an attribution perspective
University of Oxford · Imperial College London · +1 more institution
Abstract
Abstract Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature. It therefore allows the disentangling of different drivers of extreme weather from human-induced climate change and hence provides valuable information to adapt to climate change and to assess loss and damage. However, providing such assessments systematically is currently out of reach. This is due to limitations in attribution science, including the capacity for studying different types of events, as well as the geographical heterogeneity of both climate and impact data availability. Here, we review current knowledge of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 55.44
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 319
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4Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Extreme weather
- Environmental science
- Climatology
- Tropical cyclone
- Storm
- Global change
- Global warming
- Climate action