Global Archives - Page 3 of 26 - Climate Attribution

Attributing Human Mortality from Fire PM2.5 to Climate Change

Published:October 2024

Author(s):Chae Yeon Park, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Shinichiro Fujimori, Thanapat Jansakoo, Chantelle Burton, Huilin Huang, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Matthias Mengel, Eleanor Burke, Fang Li, Stijn Hantson, Junya Takakura, Dong Kun Lee, Tomoko Hasegawa

Publisher:Nature Climate Change

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors assess the impact of climate change on global mortalities that can be attributed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) generated from wildfires. Read More →

Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth

Published:June 2024

Author(s):Calum X. Cunningham, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman

Publisher:Nature Ecology & Evolution

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors assess the frequency of extreme wildfire events, and find that the frequency of >99.99th percentile events has increased by 2.2x between 2002 and 2023.Read More →

Global impacts of heat and water stress on food production and severe food insecurity

Published:June 2024

Author(s):Tom Kompas, Tuong Nhu Che, R. Quentin Grafton

Publisher:Nature Sustainability

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors assess impacts of water and heat stress on global food supply. Under three climate pathways (RCPs 4.5-SSP2, 8.5-SSP2, and 8.5-SSP3), the authors project declines in global food production by 6-14%.Read More →

Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat: Assessing and Addressing the Risks

Published:May 2024

Author(s):Julie Arrighi, Friederike E. L Otto, Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Sjoukje Philip, Roop Singh, Maja Vahlberg, Joseph Giguere, Andrew J. Pershing, Arielle Tannenbaum, Abbie Veitch

Publisher:World Weather Attribution

In this global study, the authors identify and assess the role of climate change in 76 extreme heat waves that spanned 90 countries over the 12-month period between May 2023 and May 2024.Read More →

Anthropogenic Forcing has Increased the Risk of Longer-Traveling and Slower-Moving Large Contiguous Heatwaves

Published:March 2024

Author(s):Ming Luo, Sijia Wu, Gabriel Ngar-Cheung Lau, Tao Pei, Zhen Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Guicai Ning, Ting On Chan, Yuanjian Yang, Wei Zhang

Publisher:Science Advances

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors track connected heatwaves, and identify changes in their persistence, movement, and spread since 1979 caused by anthropogenic forcing.Read More →

Global Methane Tracker 2024 Report

Published:March 2024

Author(s):IEA

Publisher:IEA

This report summarizes 2023 updates to the International Energy Agency's Global Methane Tracker.Read More →

IEA Methane Tracker Database

Published:March 2024

Author(s):IEA

Publisher:IEA

This database presents the International Energy Agency's country-by-country estimates of energy-related methane emissions.Read More →

State of the World’s Migratory Species

Published:February 2024

Author(s):Frances Davis, Andrew Szopa-Comley, Sarah Rouse, Aude Caromel, Andy Arnell, Saloni Basrur, Nina Bhola, Holly Brooks, Giulia Costa-Domingo, Cleo Cunningham, Katie Hunter, Matt Kaplan, Abigail Sheppard, Kelly Malsch

Publisher:United Nations Environment Programme

This report, the first ever State of the World’s Migratory Species, reveals that the survival of more than 25% of migratory species is threatened by climate change.Read More →

Revealed: The 1,200 Big Methane Leaks from Waste Dumps Trashing the Planet

Published:February 2024

Author(s):Damian Carrington, Seán Clarke

Publisher:The Guardian

This investigative reporting project from The Guardian used satellite image analysis from the company Kayrros, documented a total of 1,256 methane "super-emitter" events between January 2019 and June 2023, linked to large landfills across the globe.Read More →

The social costs of tropical cyclones

Published:November 2023

Author(s):Hazem Krichene, Thomas Vogt, Franziska Piontek, Tobias Geiger, Christof Schötz, Christian Otto

Publisher:Nature Communications

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors study the persistent growth effects of damaging tropical cyclones, and find that accounting for tropical cyclone impacts on growth substantially increases the global social cost of carbon by more than 20%.Read More →