World Weather Attribution

News | Attribution research

September 11th, 2025

Heat waves: Major emitters bear these responsibilities

Climate change has increased both the probability and the intensity of heatwaves. A research team has now analyzed exactly how large carbon emitters contribute to this.

By Lisa Kuner

News | Attributionsforschung

September 11th, 2025

Hitzewellen: Diese Verantwortung tragen große Emittenten

Der Klimawandel hat sowohl die Wahrscheinlichkeit als auch die Intensität von Hitzewellen erhöht. Wie genau dazu große Kohlenstoff-Emittenten beitragen, hat nun ein Forschungsteam analysiert.

By Lisa Kuner

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June 11th, 2025

Iceland: Ten degrees warmer than average.

26.6 degrees in May – a record for Iceland. Greenland also experienced very high temperatures. According to climate researchers, the cause is clearly climate change. Last month was also the second-warmest May ever recorded worldwide.

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January 2nd, 2025

2024: These were the ten most expensive extreme weather events

Even in 2024, no region of the world was spared extreme weather. Many of them were exacerbated by climate change. A new analysis by the NGO Christian Aid shows which ten events caused the greatest damage.

By Lukas Bayer