Climate change attribution and legal contexts: evidence and the role of storylines
This article assesses the storyline approach to attribution and argues that the storyline approach aligns well with the concept of legal evidence. Read More →
WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)
An overview of impacts from weather, climate, and water extremes globally from 1970 to 2019, with a section on climate change attribution.Read More →
State of the Climate in Africa 2020
This report summarizes climate trends, observed high-impact events, and associated risks and impacts on key sensitive sectors in Africa during the year 2020.Read More →
2021 Vermont Climate Assessment
This assessment provides a framework for understanding climate change impacts in Vermont.Read More →
Challenges to Understanding Extreme Weather Changes in Lower Income Countries
This article outlines six focus areas to lessen barriers to understanding extreme weather changes in lower income countries.Read More →
Detection of a Climate Change Signal in Extreme Heat, Heat Stress, and Cold in Europe From Observations
This study connects climate change with increases in extreme heat and decreases in extreme cold across Europe.Read More →
2017 Montana Climate Assessment
This assessment reports on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana’s vital sectors: water, forests, and agriculture.Read More →
Storyline-Based Climate Attribution Reveals Strong Intensification of 2018–2022 Multi-Year Droughts in Europe
This peer-reviewed study evaluated the 2018-2022 European drought by applying a storyline attribution framework, finding that higher warming levels intensify the severity and geographic scope of droughts.Read More →
Systematic Attribution of Heatwaves to the Emissions of Carbon Majors
This study finds that climate change contributed to the intensification and likelihood of 213 heatwaves between 2000 and 2023, and 180 carbon majors substantially contributed to that.Read More →
Methodological Considerations in Climate Attribution: Disparities in Representing the Impact of Climate Change during the 2020–21 Record Breaking Western United States Drought
This peer-reviewed study evaluated methodologies and complexity of modeling drought in the Western United States and the impact of climate change.Read More →