Event attribution is ready to inform loss and damage negotiations

Ilan Noy, Michael Wehner, Dáithí Stone, Suzanne Rosier, Dave Frame, Kamoru Abiodun Lawal and Rebecca Newman
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Michael Wehner: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dáithí Stone: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Suzanne Rosier: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Dave Frame: University of Canterbury
Kamoru Abiodun Lawal: University of Cape Town
Rebecca Newman: Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Nature Climate Change, 2023, vol. 13, issue 12, 1279-1281

Abstract: Extreme weather event attribution techniques quantify anthropogenic contributions to extreme weather disasters, but recently it was argued they are not yet ready to inform decisions on loss and damage funding. Here, we assert that they can substantially help formulate allocations to impacted vulnerable countries for the most damaging extreme events.

Date: 2023
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