Recent scientific advances make it possible to assign extreme events to human-induced climate change and historical emissions. These developments allow losses and damage associated with such events to be assigned country-level responsibility.
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Otto, F., Skeie, R., Fuglestvedt, J. et al. Assigning historic responsibility for extreme weather events. Nature Clim Change 7, 757–759 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3419
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