Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change
b"This week\\xa0Dr.\\xa0Friederike\\xa0Otto with the\\xa0Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment\\xa0at Imperial College London joins\\xa0Dr. Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss\\xa0climate change attribution, which measures\\xa0how\\xa0climate change\\xa0directly affects\\xa0extreme weather\\xa0events, like heat waves, floods, or droughts.\\nDr. Friederike (Fredi) Otto is a Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment\\xa0at Imperial College.\\xa0Her main research interest is on extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves, and storms, and understanding whether and to what extent these are made more likely or intense due to climate change - known by experts as 'climate change attribution'.\\nFredi is the co-lead of\\xa0World Weather Attribution\\xa0(WWA), an international effort to analyze and communicate the possible influence of climate change on extreme weather events. Through rapid attribution studies, which provide timely scientific evidence showing the extent to which climate change influenced a given event, WWA has helped to change the global conversation around climate change, influencing adaptation strategies and paving the way for new sustainability litigation.\\nRead More:\\n\\nWorld Weather Attribution\\n\\nClimate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan\\n\\nAngry Weather: Heat Waves, Floods, Storms, and the New Science of Climate Change"