Global Extremes Platform (GEP) Working Group on Event Attribution
Draft Terms of Reference
The Working Group on Event Attribution aims to support activities that will:
- Provide best practice guidelines to ensure that event attribution information globally, particularly in an operational context, is clear, robust, traceable, and consistently interpreted
- Increase the capacity for event attribution in the Global South and underrepresented regions
To achieve this, the Working Group will:
- Provide strategic direction for collaboration on event attribution to support clear and consistent delivery of information in a services context
- Conduct a critical assessment of existing literature and practices and develop technical guidance on the methods, limitations, and interpretation of event attribution, and associated uncertainties, for World Meteorological Organization (WMO) members and the broader community
- In conjunction with other GEP and WCRP efforts, encourage and facilitate the sharing of data and resources to increase the capacity of event attribution services in more regions and for more events
- Contribute to capacity-development by facilitating sharing of knowledge, methods, and data
- Lead strategic discussion within the community on the gaps in and priorities for event attribution research, as well as on setting the research agenda, which includes the development of new approaches to overcome existing limitations where needed.