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Loss and damage attribution

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If research on attribution of extreme weather events is to inform emerging climate change policies, it needs to diagnose all of the components of risk.

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Figure 1: Hypothetical risk attribution framework.

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We acknowledge the discussions with many colleagues of the IPCC Working Groups I and II, in particular with Wolfgang Cramer, Eberhard Faust and Andrew Solow. C.H. was supported by strategic funds by the Executive Board and Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich. D.S. was supported by the Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program and the Earth System Modeling Program of the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the Department of Energy Office of Science under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231. G.H. was supported by a grant from the German Ministry for Education and Research.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland

    Christian Huggel

  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS-50F1650, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

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  3. University of California, Berkeley, 207 Giannini Hall, Berkeley, 94720-3310, California, USA

    Maximilian Auffhammer

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, 02138, Massachusetts, USA

    Maximilian Auffhammer

  5. Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegrafenberg 26, Potsdam, D-14412, Germany

    Gerrit Hansen

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