The social utility of event attribution: liability, adaptation, and justice-based loss and damage
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1967-3
Abstract: Probabilistic event attribution aims to attribute weather events to anthropogenic forcings. Some claim the development of this methodology is motivated by social utility rather than scientific understanding. I trace the evolution of arguments for probabilistic… read more here.
Keywords: loss damage; event attribution; event; methodology ... See more keywords
Regional decision-makers as potential users of Extreme Weather Event Attribution - Case studies from the German Baltic Sea coast and the Greater Paris area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2017.09.001
Abstract: Abstract Extreme Event Attribution has raised increasing attention in climate science in the last years. It means to judge the extent to which certain weather-related extreme events have changed due to human influences on climate… read more here.
Keywords: event attribution; baltic sea; case; extreme event ... See more keywords
Quantifying statistical uncertainty in the attribution of human influence on severe weather
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2018.01.002
Abstract: Abstract Event attribution in the context of climate change seeks to understand the role of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on extreme weather events, either specific events or classes of events. A common approach to event… read more here.
Keywords: uncertainty; statistical methods; event attribution; attribution ... See more keywords