Climate change made S. Asia heatwave 30 times more likely

Paris (AFP) May 23, 2022

The punishing heatwave that scorched India and Pakistan in March and April was made 30 times more likely by climate change, experts in quantifying the impact of global warming on extreme weather events said in a rapid-response report Monday. Before the onset of human-caused climate change, the chances of such an event occurring would have been roughly once every 3,000 years, senior author Fr