Browsing by Author "Otto, Friederike E. L."

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  • Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The role of the social superstructure narrative

    Otto, Friederike E. L.; Minnerop, Petra; Raju, Emmanuel; Harrington, Luke J.; Stuart‐Smith, Rupert F.; Boyd, Emily; James, Rachel; Jones, Richard; Lauta, Kristian C. (Wiley, 2022)
    Climate litigation has become a strategic tool to push for climate justice, including compensation for losses caused by climate change. Many cases rely on the establishment of a causal relationship between the defendants' ...

  • Climate change made record breaking early season heat in Argentina and Paraguay about 60 times more likely

    Rivera, Juan Antonio; Arias, PA; Sörensson, AA; Zachariah, M; Barnes, C; Philip, S; Kew, S; Vautard, R; Koren, G; Pinto, I; Vahlberg, M; Singh, R; Raju, E; Li, S; Yang, W; Vecchi, Gabriel A.; Harrington, Luke J.; Otto, Friederike E. L. (World Weather Attribution, 2022-12-21)
    Heatwaves are a regular occurrence in Paraguay and Argentina and as the attribution analysis indicates, these types of events are increasing in frequency and intensity, which adds urgency to the need to adapt to this new ...

  • Limited role of climate change in extreme low rainfall associated with southern Madagascar food insecurity, 2019–21

    Harrington, Luke J.; Wolski, Piotr; Pinto, Izidine; Ramarosandratana, Anzelà Mamiarisoa; Barimalala, Rondrotiana; Vautard, Robert; Philip, Sjoukje; Kew, Sarah; Singh, Roop; Heinrich, Dorothy; Arrighi, J; Raju, E; Thalheimer, L; Razanakoto, T; van Aalst, M; Li, S; Bonnet, R; Yang, Wenchang; Otto, Friederike E. L.; van Oldenborgh, Greet Jan (IOP Publishing, 2022-12-01)
    Southern Madagascar recently experienced a severe food security crisis, made significantly worse by well below average rainfall from July 2019 to June 2021. This exceptional drought has affected a region with high pre-existing ...

  • Without human-caused climate change temperatures of 40°C in the UK would have been extremely unlikely

    Zachariah, Mariam; Vautard, Robert; Schumacher, Dominik L.; Vahlberg, Maja; Heinrich, Dorothy; Raju, Emmanuel; Thalheimer, L; Arrighi, Julie; Singh, R; Li, S; Sun, J; Vecchi, G; Yang, W; Seneviratne, SI; Tett, SFB; Harrington, Luke J.; Wolski, Piotr; Lott,Fraser C.; McCarthy, M; Tradowsky, Jordis S.; Otto, Friederike E. L. (World Weather Attribution, 2022-07-28)
    The 2022 heatwave is estimated to have led to at least 13 deaths from drowning. It brought challenging conditions for the NHS, with a spike in emergency calls, and care services supporting the elderly and vulnerable were ...

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