CGIAR Climate Impact Area Webinar Series - Webinar 1: How can attribution science inform loss and damage?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Climate Change Impact Platformen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://youtu.be/eqpCs438zRY?si=dpR8Ysvpi36IPAN9en_US
cg.placeMontpellier, Franceen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Changeen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
dc.contributor.authorCGIAR Climate Change Impact Platformen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-06T15:41:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-06T15:41:35Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/155223en_US
dc.titleCGIAR Climate Impact Area Webinar Series - Webinar 1: How can attribution science inform loss and damage?en_US
dcterms.abstractAs the climate changes, extreme weather events’ frequency and intensity increase. Record-breaking heat waves on land and in the ocean, drenching rains, severe floods, years-long droughts, extreme wildfires, and widespread flooding are all becoming more frequent and intense. But now, we can calculate the influence of climate change on (some) of these extreme weather events. Low agricultural yields with devastating consequences can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change thanks to large-ensemble climate data and impact modelling: this is attribution science. The science is being used to trace climate change to the activities of specific industries and companies, potentially generating evidence to fuel climate litigation. As the magazine Anthroposphere put it: has weather lost its innocence? And – we ask – what does this mean for loss and damage? CGIAR Climate Impact Platform is launching a new webinar series focused on new and innovative topics. In our inaugural webinar, Dr Friederike Otto (The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment) explains the legal and policy implications of attribution science, discussing its development in recent years and exploring how it can be a useful tool for loss and damage attribution. But ‘disasters’ are not just the hazard. Attribution analyses focus on extreme weather events, but vulnerability, exposure, and capacity also play key roles in understanding the severity and extent of the impacts. Additionally, Dr Joyce Kimutai (The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment) explored how attribution science cannot be the sole determinant of loss and damage assessments, given the data limitations in many African countries. She also discusses alternative ways of determining losses and damages that may be more appropriate for contexts where the powers of attribution science are limited. The webinar concluded with the need to improve data quality and accessibility for climate change attribution and to focus on vulnerability in the loss and damage framework.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDonorsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCGIAR. 2024. CGIAR Climate Impact Area Webinar Series - Webinar 1: How can attribution science inform loss and damage? Video. Montpellier, France: CGIAR System Organization.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-03-25en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Climate Change Impact Platformen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectclimateen_US
dcterms.typeVideoen_US

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