A new study by World Weather Attribution (WAA) reveals that human-driven climate change made the recent extreme rainfall in Southern Brazil two to three times as likely.

This comes as a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that countries around the world are falling short on renewable energy targets for 2030.

Between 24 April and 4 May 2024 Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul experienced unprecedented rainfall. It led to catastrophic flooding that resulted in 80,000 displaced people, 150,000 injuries and 169 fatalities.

The persistent rainfall also caused disruption to essential services, leaving 418,200 households without electricity and more than a million households without potable water. Being a region focused on agriculture, there has also been much devastation to the industry.

A new study undertaken by a group of international scientists for WWA has now qualified to what extent the intensity of rainfall was a result of human-induced climate change...