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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️Climate change was behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China, a rapid impact attribution study from Imperial College London estimates.

The study also found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall🧵

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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · 9d

@eea.europa.eu report finds that the costs of extreme weather events in Europe have more than doubled this decade, averaging €44.5 billion annually between 2020-2023. It also records over 240,000 fatalities from climate-related disasters between 1980-2023. More info ⬇️

European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 9d

🌍🚨 Europe’s environment 2025 is out now, and the conclusions are sobering:

⚠️ Europe’s environment is in poor shape. Nature continues to degrade, biodiversity is declining, and Europe is warming faster than any other region.

www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...

#EuropesEnvironment2025

State of Europe’s environment not good: threats to nature and impacts of climate change top challenges

Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its nature which continues to face degr...

www.eea.europa.eu

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 21d

📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵

Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.

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Yann Quilcaille @yannquilcaille.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

www.nature.com

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · Sep 6

New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/2FuXb3Y

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Aug 25

Valérie Masson-Delmotte : « La situation climatique va encore empirer, mais le danger vient aussi d’un déni collectif »

Après un été marqué les incendies et la canicule, la climatologue, membre du Haut Conseil pour le climat, redoute un oubli rapide par la population, et regrette le manque de responsabilité du personnel politique.

www.lemonde.fr

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Climate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · Aug 18

Our Senior Scientist @fahadiii.bsky.social speaks to BBC News about how the fatal floods in Pakistan were made 15% more intense due to climate change.

"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says

@wwattribution.bsky.social

Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan

YouTube video by Climate Analytics

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Aug 20

🙌Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial climate report than any other organisation in the world.

Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵

📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk

Imperial researchers take leading role in major IPCC climate report | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial report on climate change than any other organisation in the world.

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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · Jul 22

A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Jul 23

⚖️Climate litigation is entering a new era 🌏

Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵

📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Jul 10

First analysis to estimate number of #heatwave deaths linked to #ClimateChange

Analysis by LSHTM's Pierre Masselot & Malcolm Mistry with
@granthamicl.bsky.social warns #ExtremeHeat can be 'silent killer' if not prepared for.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · Jul 11

Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Jul 9

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

bar chart showing deaths associate with extreme heat with and without climate change in 12 European cities

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Jul 9

⚠️Climate change tripled death toll in 12 European cities during last week's heatwave rapid analysis by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social estimates.

🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵

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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just found this map for #London Cool Spaces for summer 2025: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · Jun 20

A team of scientists at @granthamicl.bsky.social is developing new methods to pinpoint how much of the impacts of extreme weather events on lives and societies can be attributed to climate change.

The answer is laying bare the costs of climate action.

Story 👇

www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/true...

The true costs of climate disasters

Scientists have linked extreme weather to climate change. Now they can quantify its impact on the damage, writes Chloé Farand.

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Clair Barnes @clairbarnes.bsky.social · Jun 20

New @wwattribution.bsky.social rapid analysis shows that the current heatwave probably wouldn't have qualified as a heatwave without a boost from all that fossil fuel pollution - www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

Climate change turns warm summer days in England into health threat – World Weather Attribution

www.worldweatherattribution.org

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Jun 20

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, the current heat in London & most of the UK would not have been a heatwave: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... Heatwaves are dangerous. Drink water, lots of it, stay cool, even if you feel invincible, you're probably not.

Two foxes in dry grass in early morning sun in London's Burgess Park

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World Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · Jun 20

A new initiative working to publish rapid damage attribution studies by our colleagues at the @granthamicl.bsky.social, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 👇

Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Jun 19

📈What are the true costs of climate change?

Pioneering new methods by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social scientists at @granthamicl.bsky.social are trying to answer this question, quantifying the economic impact of climate change on extreme weather events🧵‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our initiative spans from atmospheric physics to modelling local socio-economic impacts, bringing together scientists from diverse disciplines. If you are interested in contributing to this work, please reach out!

Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · Jun 20

🗞️ Read this hot off-the-press feature by journalist @chloefarand.bsky.social to learn more about our ongoing climate damage tracking efforts at the @granthamicl.bsky.social of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social!

Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Jun 19

📈What are the true costs of climate change?

Pioneering new methods by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social scientists at @granthamicl.bsky.social are trying to answer this question, quantifying the economic impact of climate change on extreme weather events🧵‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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Robin Lamboll @robinlamboll.bsky.social · Jun 19

In case anyone is confused by the different headlines on carbon budgets today, the Guardian's 2 years value is based on a 66% chance, the 3 years comes from a 50% chance.

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Joeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · Jun 19

⚠️Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.27°C per decade – the highest rate since records began.

This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · May 29

Following @ipcc.bsky.social approval of the outlines for its three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment cycle, we hosted a day-long event to explore the Working Group outlines & research priorities to support the IPCC assessment: ow.ly/QUQA50W0Ijb

Here's what we covered 🧵

Exploring Research Priorities for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (invite only)

The IPCC has recently approved the outlines to its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). These outlines must now be translated into robust and impactful assessments. Exploring Research Priorities for the I...

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