What is Friederike Otto?
[[Image:Re-publica 22 - Tag 3 (52136156979) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Otto in 2022]] '''Friederike (Fredi) Elly Luise Otto''' (born 29 August 1982 in [[Kiel]]) is a [[climatologist]]. She works at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at [[Imperial College London]]. Her research is about whether and how much extreme weather conditions change as a result of external climate drivers. She examines how much human-caused climate change as well as vulnerability and exposure are responsible for events such [[Heat wave|heat waves]], [[Drought|droughts]] and [[Flood|floods]]. Together with climate scientist [[Geert Jan van Oldenborgh]] she founded the international project [[World Weather Attribution]] which she still leads. In 2021, she was one of the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]], ''Time''<nowiki/>'s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Calma|first=Justine|date=2021-09-15|title=These climate stars are among the world’s most ‘influential’ people|url=https://www.theverge.com/22675853/climate-change-stars-time-influential-people-2021|access-date=2023-12-04|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> She was also one of ten scientists who had had important roles in scientific developments in 2021 highlighted in the scientific journal ''[[Nature]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nature’s 10|url=https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-03621-0/index.html|access-date=2023-12-04|website=www.nature.com|language=en}}</ref> Her work has been used in court against major oil companies and [[McKinsey & Company]], claiming damages for climate events.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Friederike Otto: ‘The climate backlash is the last attempt by those who don’t want change’|url=https://www.ft.com/content/833efee2-4de4-4b17-a0e8-2c8b583689bb?|access-date=2023-12-04|website=www.ft.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto, Friederike}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Kiel]] [[Category:British physicists]]