Attributing weather extremes to climate change : A review

Applied meteorology and climatology

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
In this progress report, the A. analyses the nascent science of extreme weather event attribution by examining the field in 4 stages : motivations for extreme weather attribution, methods of attribution, some example case studies and the politics of weather event attribution. There remain outstanding political dangers and obstacles for extreme weather attribution if it is to be used, as some claim it can and should be, for guiding climate adaptation investments, for servicing the putative loss and damage agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change or for underpinning legal claims for liability for damages caused by extreme weather.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 2014, vol. 38, n°. 4, p. 499-511, nombre de pages : 13, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications