Climate Fact Sheets

Do we have enough scientific information to attribute specific extreme events to climate change? Increasingly the answer is yes.

With funding from the Carsey-Wolf Center, ENVENT Lab member Emily Williams led a research project to develop five fact sheets for journalists on the latest climate attribution science. These fact sheets were a collaboration with Climate Nexus, through their website climatesignals.org.

These fact sheets can be used by the media, including verbatim, without attribution. That includes the quotes in the fact sheets.

Any member of the public is welcome to use our fact sheets for any purpose. For example, they can be printed out and distributed at events. Since each fact sheet is two pages, we suggest printing on one double sided piece of paper by excluding the references.

Fact Sheet #1: Climate Change & Fire

This first fact sheet covers wildfires, with a particular focus on the Western United States.

Fact Sheet #2: Climate Change & Heat Waves

This second fact sheet covers the links between climate change and deadly heat waves.

Fact Sheet #3: Climate Change & Drought

This third fact sheet covers the links between climate change and drought.

Fact Sheet #4: Climate Change & Flooding

This fourth fact sheet covers the links between climate change and flooding.

Fact Sheet #5: Climate Change & Hurricanes

This fifth fact sheet covers the links between climate change and hurricanes.