Joyce Kimutai, a researcher at Imperial College London and lead author of the study, noted that finding such a clear link is significant despite the limitations of tropical climate models.
"Climate models typically struggle to capture the full scale of tropical precipitation trends when we look at extreme events like this one," said Kimutai.
She emphasized that the findings underscore the role of human activity in driving these destructive weather patterns.
"Combined with the very wetter trend in the observational-based data, it’s clear that human-caused warming made this event worse, and wetter, with devastating impacts," said Kimutai.
Kimutai also called for global accountability, noting that the nations suffering the worst impacts are often the least responsible for global emissions.
"This study is a clear example of the need for international cooperation on climate justice.
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Industrialised nations have a responsibility to help nations like Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to adapt to a worsening problem that they didn’t cause," said Kimutai.
