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Who is to blame for the weather?
Friederike OttoEnvironmental Change Institute
School of Geography and the EnvironmentUniversity 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 analysisSubstantial, but uncertain, increase in risk
Pall et al. 2011
100% increase in risk
Is David Cameron right?
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?
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