Lindene Patton is a lawyer at Earth & Water Law in the US
Deploying the Science of Extreme Weather Attribution in the Courts
For decades, proving the link between human greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on extreme weather events was thought to be near impossible. Now, scientific advancements in extreme weather event attribution are turning this assumption on its head. At the same time, courts around the world are increasingly being asked to consider questions of liability arising from a relationship between the loss and damage caused by an extreme weather event and climate change.
September 12, 2017