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Session Proposal: Climate Attribution Science, Litigation, and Loss and Damage (AGU25)

GC030
Climate Attribution Science, Litigation, and Loss and Damage

Session ID#: 247239

Session Description:
Over the last two decades, climate attribution science has played a pivotal role in demonstrating the degree to which anthropogenic climate change is affecting extreme weather and environmental trends around the world. As attribution science matures, new and extended methodologies are being developed to explore and inform some of the key justice-related questions society is facing, including the extent to which anthropogenic climate change is contributing to the impacts associated with extreme events, the mechanisms by which loss and damage and “polluters pay” funds will operate, and even informing unfolding legal cases. This session will bring together researchers who are pushing attribution science into new realms and exploring how it can be used to promote climate justice. We welcome submissions that conduct novel research; examine methodological constraints and advancements in conducting attribution research that can inform climate litigation or policy; and engage with source and/or impact attribution.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4326 Exposure [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener:  Emily L Williams, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States
Conveners:  Kristina Dahl, Climate Central, Princeton, United States and Marc Alessi, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, United States
 
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Assessment Of Climate-Induced Loss and Damage In Hydropower: Economic Loss And Damage Analysis (1863526)
Ajaya Shrestha, Environment and Engineering Research Center Pvt. Ltd, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management/Climate Resilience Planning Expert, Kathmandu, Nepal, Kumud Raj Kafle, Kathmandu University, Environmental Science and Engineering, Dhulikhel, Nepal and Tara Ale, Environment and Engineering Research Center Pvt.Ltd, Environment and GIS, Kathmandu, Nepal
 
Impacts on Western US Water Attributable to Carbon Majors Emissions (1927204)
Emily L Williams1, John T Abatzoglou2, Carly Phillips3, Safeeq Khan4, Shaina Sadai5, Oriana Chegwidden6, Shraddhanand Shukla7, Nathan D. Mueller8, Angel Santiago Fernandez Bou9, L. Delta Merner10, Pablo Ortiz Partida9 and Brenda Ekwurzel11, (1)University of California Merced, Geography, Merced, CA, United States, (2)University of California Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, United States, (3)Union of Concerned Scientists, Boston, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (5)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Geosciences, Amherst, United States, (6)CarbonPlan, San Francisco, United States, (7)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States, (8)Colorado State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, United States, (9)Union of Concerned Scientists, Merced, United States, (10)Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (11)Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
 
Even Small Companies Can Save Lives By Cutting Emissions (1974804)
Daniel Baldassare, Abby C. Lute and Christopher Schwalm, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States
 
Climate Warming is Expanding Dengue Burden in the Americas and Asia (Invited) (1978267)
Marissa Childs, University of Washington, Mountain View, CA, UNITED STATES, Kelsey Lyberger, Arizona State University, Mesa, United States, Mallory Harris, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, Marshall Burke, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Erin Mordecai, Stanford University, Department of Biology, Stanford, CA, United States
 
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Isatis M. Cintron-Rodriguez, Columbia University of New York, Climate School, Palisades, United States
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