Climate Extremes, Climate Attribution, Extreme Event Attribution

Abstract

Drought. Fire. Flood. Words that echo through our calamitous past and collective future. Words that threaten to rip our everyday day away, to tear our normal lives apart. Anticipating, managing, and preventing such disasters has always been a critical test of civilizations. A test of our shared humanity. Consider, for example, the story of Eregae Lokeno Nakali, shared with me in 2017 by Mathilde Berg Utzon. Mathilde worked as an Africa correspondent for DanChurchAid, a Danish humanitarian nongovernmental organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting the world’s poorest people. Driven by compassion, DanChurchAid works to create a more equitable and sustainable world. They provide emergency relief in disaster-stricken areas and long-term development assistance for poverty-stricken communities. Together with Action by Churches Together Alliance, DanChurchAid