Central America Archives - Climate Attribution

Detection and Attribution of Trends of Meteorological Extremes in Central America

Published:April 2025

Author(s):H. G. Hidalgo et al.

Publisher:Climatic Change

This study examines whether extreme rainfall and temperature indices are associated with human-driven climate change or could be explained by natural causes.Read More →

State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

Published:July 2023

Author(s):World Meteorological Organization

Publisher:World Meteorological Organization

This report summarizes the 2022 state of the climate and the extreme and high-impact weather and climate events in Latin America and the Caribbean, placed in the context of long-term climate variability and change.Read More →

The most at-risk regions in the world for high-impact heatwaves

Published:April 2023

Author(s):Vikki Thompson, Dann Mitchell, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Matthew Collins, Nicholas J. Leach, Julia M. Slingo

Publisher:Nature Communications

This peer-reviewed study uses extreme value statistics to show where regional temperature records are statistically likely to be exceeded, and identifies communities that may be more at-risk of high-impact heatwaves.Read More →

Air Quality Life Index Annual Update

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Ken Lee and Michael Greenstone

Publisher:Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago

Assessing the health impacts of air pollution, with a section on how climate change is exacerbating air pollution.Read More →

WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)

Published:January 2021

Author(s):World Meteorological Organization

Publisher:World Meteorological Organization

An overview of impacts from weather, climate, and water extremes globally from 1970 to 2019, with a section on climate change attribution.Read More →