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Who is to blame for the weather?. Friederike Otto Environmental Change Institute School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford. f riederike.otto@ouce.ox.ac.uk. We can ask how the risk of an extreme event occurring has changed due to external factors.
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Who is to blame for the weather? FriederikeOtto Environmental Change Institute School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford friederike.otto@ouce.ox.ac.uk
We can ask how the risk of an extreme event occurring has changed due to external factors
Results from the Autumn 2000 flood analysis Substantial, but uncertain, increase in risk 100% increase in risk Pall et al. 2011
Loss and damage • Let us again be clear that we are witnessing ever more frequent, extreme weather events and the poor and vulnerable are paying the price,” Christina Figueres • Do we need scientific evidence?