New science report could boost climate suits against oil giants

WASHINGTON, United States — Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on this question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather events to human-caused climate change? They can do so very confidently for some phenomenon including heat waves and heavy rainfall — but much less so for others, according to a major new report published Thursday by the United States’ top science advisory body. Entitled “Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and their Impacts,” the 254-page paper updates a 2016 assessment by the same institutions, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). […]... Keep on reading: New science report could boost climate suits against oil giants