The article highlights the significance of attribution science in climate journalism, particularly through the work of Friederike Otto. This science allows experts to calculate the extent to which human-induced climate change has increased the likelihood of extreme weather events, such as the severe heat wave in India and Pakistan in 2022. By providing concrete data, attribution science empowers journalists to make clear connections between climate change and current weather events, moving beyond abstract discussions. Otto's insights in her book 'Climate Injustice' emphasize the moral dimensions of climate reporting and critique unjust blame placed on individuals rather than corporate polluters.
Attribution science equips us with the data to connect the dots between climate change as a distant abstraction and climate change as a current reality.
Attribution science reveals what role climate change played in a given weather disaster, similar to how police officers dust a crime scene for fingerprints.
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