Climate Attribution

Human influence on the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature

July 2018
Benjamin D. Santer, Stephen Po-Chedley, Mark D. Zelinka, Ivana Cvijanovic, Céline Bonfils, Paul J. Durack, Qiang Fu, Jeffrey Kiehl, Carl Mears, Jeffrey Painter, Giuliana Pallotta, Susan Solomon, Frank J. Wentz, Cheng-Zhi Zou
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The results of this study suggest that attribution studies with the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature provide powerful and novel evidence for a statistically significant human effect on Earth’s climate.Read More →

Introduction to Explaining Extreme Events of 2016 From a Climate Perspective

March 2018
Stephanie C. Herring, Nikolaos Christidis, Andrew Hoell, James P. Kossin, Carl J. Schreck, III, Peter A. Stott
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)
This 2016 BAMS report explains extreme events in 2016 from a climate perspective and is the first BAMS report to find that some extreme events were not possible in a preindustrial climate.Read More →

Consumption-Based GHG Emissions Of C40 Cities

March 2018
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), University of Leeds, University of New South Wales, Arup
C40 Cities
This report presents the methodology and results of a study investigating the consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions from 79 cities, carried out by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40).Read More →

IPCC Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC

January 2018
Myles R. Allen, Mustafa Babiker, Yang Chen, Heleen de Coninck, Sarah Connors, Renée van Diemen, Opha Pauline Dube, Kristie L. Ebi, Francois Engelbrecht, Marion Ferrat, James Ford, Piers Forster, Sabine Fuss, Tania Guillén Bolaños, Jordan Harold, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Jean-Charles Hourcade, Daniel Huppmann, Daniela Jacob, Kejun Jiang, Tom Gabriel Johansen, Mikiko Kainuma, Kiane de Kleijne, Elmar Kriegler, Debora Ley, Diana Liverman, Nathalie Mahowald, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, J.B. Robin Matthews, Richard J. Millar, Katja Mintenbeck, Angela Morelli, Wilfran Moufouma-Okia, Luis Mundaca, Maike Nicolai, Chukwumerije Okereke, Minal Pathak, AntonyPayne, Roz Pidcock, Anna Pirani, Elvira Poloczanska, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Aromar Revi, Keywan Riahi, Debra C. Roberts, Joeri Rogelj, Joyashree Roy, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Priyadarshi R. Shukla, James Skea, Raphael Slade, Drew Shindell, Chandni Singh, William Solecki, Linda Steg, Michael Taylor, Petra Tschakert, Henri Waisman, Rachel Warren, Panmao Zhai, Kirsten Zickfeld
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
This IPCC special report explores the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Read More →

Future Changes in Event Attribution Methodologies

January 2018
Peter A. Stott, Nikos Christidis, Stephanie C. Herring, Andrew Hoell, James P. Kossin, Carl J. Schreck III
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
This report covers a range of events, including rain storms, droughts, tropical storms, and wildfires, as well as heat waves. Read More →

Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective

January 2018
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)
This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events, presenting peer-reviewed analyses of extreme weather events across the world in 2018. Read More →