Climate Extremes: Understanding Extreme Events

This lecture delves into the concept of extreme events in the context of climate change, exploring the impact of temperature anomalies, the Paris Agreement's emission metrics, and the definition of net zero greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the types of extreme events, the metrics used to measure emissions, and the challenges in defining and predicting extreme climate events. The lecture also discusses the distribution of climate values, the fitting of extreme value distributions, and the extrapolation of climate data to predict future extreme events.