The science of attribution has delivered a bleak but undeniable picture of how global heating is already bringing death and destruction. But what about the future? The devastating intensification of extreme weather is laid bare today in a Guardian analysis that shows how people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due to more deadly and more frequent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and droughts brought by the human-driven climate crisis. The analysis of hundreds of scientific studies – the most comprehensive compilation to date – demonstrates beyond any doubt how humanity’s vast carbon emissions are forcing the climate into disastrous new realms. At least a dozen of the most serious events, from killer heatwaves to broiling seas, would have been all but impossible without human-caused global heating, our research found. Most worryingly, all this is happening with a rise of just 1C in the planet’s average temperature. The role of global heating in supercharging extreme weather is happening at “astonishing speed”, scientists say. The world is currently on track for a rise of at least 2.5C. To read about the 12 events – deemed virtually impossible without humanity’s destabilisation of the climate – swipe across. And what exactly are the costs? Click the link in our bio to read our in-depth and eye-opening report. #climatecrisis #globalheating #environment #savetheplanet #news