West Africa’s deadly rainfall in 2022 made ‘80 times more likely’ by climate change

Nov 30, 2022

Extreme rainfall across West Africa was made more likely by human-caused climate change, a study finds. Image: Pexels/pixabay

Ayesha Tandon

Science Journalist, Carbon Brief

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Map showing average rainfall over June–September in the Lake Chad catchment. Image: World Weather Attribution

Map showing worsening weather due to climate change in the African continent Image: Carbon Brief

The authors investigated the role of climate change on the drought using the same methods as previous attribution studies. Image: World Weather Attribution

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