Emily Theokritoff
@etheokritoff.bsky.social
Postdoc in Climate Damage Attribution at the Grantham Institute of Imperial College London | IPCC AR7 Lead Author
🔹 Loss and damage
🔹 Climate change adaptation
🔹 Extreme weather event impact attribution
🔹 Loss and damage
🔹 Climate change adaptation
🔹 Extreme weather event impact attribution
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#COP30: Imperial researchers react to ‘deeply disappointing’ climate talks
In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#COP30: Imperial researchers react to ‘deeply disappointing’ climate talks
In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
ow.ly/9CSZ50XwZzs
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Amid escalating climate disasters like #HurricaneMelissa, which was made four times more likely by climate change, finance for #LossAndDamage must be drastically scaled up, say climate experts.
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
Vulnerable nations need more funding for spiralling climate damage, say experts | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Amid escalating climate impacts, finance for loss and damage must be drastically scaled up to protect communities on the frontline.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Amid escalating climate disasters like #HurricaneMelissa, which was made four times more likely by climate change, finance for #LossAndDamage must be drastically scaled up, say climate experts.
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
💡Already planning your abstract(s) for #EGU26? We look forward to receiving your submissions relevant to climate litigation!
⚖️ Are you working on topics that could be relevant for climate litigation?
➡️ Submit an abstract to our outreach session (which allows you to submit a second abstract)
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➡️ Submit an abstract to our outreach session (which allows you to submit a second abstract)
#EGU26
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
💡Already planning your abstract(s) for #EGU26? We look forward to receiving your submissions relevant to climate litigation!
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
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One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, Hurricane Melissa has killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in damage.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely
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October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, Hurricane Melissa has killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in damage.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social study via @en.afp.com
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: Study
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday.
www.barrons.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social study via @en.afp.com
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
This is how climate injustice unfolds. There is both an economic logic to cutting emissions now & a moral imperative to rapidly scale up international finance for loss and damage and adaptation in the most vulnerable countries.
⚠️Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, rapid study estimates
The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
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The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
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October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is how climate injustice unfolds. There is both an economic logic to cutting emissions now & a moral imperative to rapidly scale up international finance for loss and damage and adaptation in the most vulnerable countries.
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#HurricaneMelissa was made about four times more likely by the #climatecrisis
It's real, it's us, and it's here
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It's real, it's us, and it's here
www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/res...
Hurricane Melissa
Published October 2025.
www.imperial.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#HurricaneMelissa was made about four times more likely by the #climatecrisis
It's real, it's us, and it's here
www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/res...
It's real, it's us, and it's here
www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/res...
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The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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⚠️Climate change was behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China, a rapid impact attribution study from Imperial College London estimates.
The study also found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall🧵
The study also found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall🧵
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
⚠️Climate change was behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China, a rapid impact attribution study from Imperial College London estimates.
The study also found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall🧵
The study also found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall🧵
@eea.europa.eu report finds that the costs of extreme weather events in Europe have more than doubled this decade, averaging €44.5 billion annually between 2020-2023. It also records over 240,000 fatalities from climate-related disasters between 1980-2023. More info ⬇️
🌍🚨 Europe’s environment 2025 is out now, and the conclusions are sobering:
⚠️ Europe’s environment is in poor shape. Nature continues to degrade, biodiversity is declining, and Europe is warming faster than any other region.
www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#EuropesEnvironment2025
⚠️ Europe’s environment is in poor shape. Nature continues to degrade, biodiversity is declining, and Europe is warming faster than any other region.
www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#EuropesEnvironment2025
State of Europe’s environment not good: threats to nature and impacts of climate change top challenges
Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its nature which continues to face degr...
www.eea.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@eea.europa.eu report finds that the costs of extreme weather events in Europe have more than doubled this decade, averaging €44.5 billion annually between 2020-2023. It also records over 240,000 fatalities from climate-related disasters between 1980-2023. More info ⬇️
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📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
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🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors".
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
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For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
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September 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/2FuXb3Y
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/2FuXb3Y
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte : « La situation climatique va encore empirer, mais le danger vient aussi d’un déni collectif »
Valérie Masson-Delmotte : « La situation climatique va encore empirer, mais le danger vient aussi d’un déni collectif »
Après un été marqué les incendies et la canicule, la climatologue, membre du Haut Conseil pour le climat, redoute un oubli rapide par la population, et regrette le manque de responsabilité du personnel politique.
www.lemonde.fr
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Valérie Masson-Delmotte : « La situation climatique va encore empirer, mais le danger vient aussi d’un déni collectif »
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Our Senior Scientist @fahadiii.bsky.social speaks to BBC News about how the fatal floods in Pakistan were made 15% more intense due to climate change.
"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says
@wwattribution.bsky.social
"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says
@wwattribution.bsky.social
Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan
YouTube video by Climate Analytics
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August 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our Senior Scientist @fahadiii.bsky.social speaks to BBC News about how the fatal floods in Pakistan were made 15% more intense due to climate change.
"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says
@wwattribution.bsky.social
"If you consider that Pakistan's role in total emissions is less than 1%, it's a big case of climate injustice," he says
@wwattribution.bsky.social
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🙌Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial climate report than any other organisation in the world.
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Imperial researchers take leading role in major IPCC climate report | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial report on climate change than any other organisation in the world.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🙌Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial climate report than any other organisation in the world.
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
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A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
July 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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⚖️Climate litigation is entering a new era 🌏
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
⚖️Climate litigation is entering a new era 🌏
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
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First analysis to estimate number of #heatwave deaths linked to #ClimateChange
Analysis by LSHTM's Pierre Masselot & Malcolm Mistry with
@granthamicl.bsky.social warns #ExtremeHeat can be 'silent killer' if not prepared for.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Analysis by LSHTM's Pierre Masselot & Malcolm Mistry with
@granthamicl.bsky.social warns #ExtremeHeat can be 'silent killer' if not prepared for.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
July 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
First analysis to estimate number of #heatwave deaths linked to #ClimateChange
Analysis by LSHTM's Pierre Masselot & Malcolm Mistry with
@granthamicl.bsky.social warns #ExtremeHeat can be 'silent killer' if not prepared for.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Analysis by LSHTM's Pierre Masselot & Malcolm Mistry with
@granthamicl.bsky.social warns #ExtremeHeat can be 'silent killer' if not prepared for.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
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About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
July 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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⚠️Climate change tripled death toll in 12 European cities during last week's heatwave rapid analysis by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social estimates.
🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵
🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
⚠️Climate change tripled death toll in 12 European cities during last week's heatwave rapid analysis by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social estimates.
🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵
🌡️ The study also found that climate change increased heatwave temperatures up to 4°C across the cities 🧵