Recent Event: Quantifying the contribution of climate change to extreme weather events

Event Details

This event was organised by Resilient River Communities. You can register to watch the webinar recording on demand here:  webinar registration page

The Engineering New Zealand Rivers Group also promoted the event.

Time:  10am, Tuesday 16th December, 2025

Venue: Zoom, online event

Abstract

When an extreme heat wave, torrential downpour, or massive wildfire occurs, how do we know whether and how much of a role climate change played?

This presentation covered the basics of climate attribution science and highlight tools and studies that aim to answer this question, particularly for extreme rainfall and marine heat events.

About the Speaker

Kristina Dahl, Ph.D. is the vice president for science at Climate Central, a small U.S.-based non-profit, non-advocacy organization. In this role, she leads the organization's scientific activities and helps design analyses that enable people across the world to connect their lived experiences to climate change.