Climate Attribution Science Advances, Raising Stakes for Oil Companies

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A new report highlights significant improvements in climate attribution science, the field that links specific weather events and their damages to climate change. The advances make it increasingly possible to connect extreme weather incidents directly to the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. Oil companies are reportedly concerned about the implications of this progress. Stronger attribution science could expose fossil fuel producers to greater legal and financial liability for climate-related damages. The development marks a potentially pivotal shift in how responsibility for climate harm may be assessed.

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