counterfactual
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EEA studies compare an event's characteristics, such as its probability and intensity in the current climate, to a "counterfactual" world without human-caused emissions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
It’s a choice that holds up well against a counterfactual life given over to hobbies and travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
We can't be certain because the results depend heavily on the method chosen by researchers for measuring the "counterfactual", i.e what would have happened to UK exports had the country stayed in the EU.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Four extremely strong typhoons that made landfall on the Korean Peninsula between 2011 and 2020 were chosen for simulation under current climate condition and counterfactual condition without human-induced warming.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023
For projects claiming to avoid emissions, it's difficult to prove the counterfactual: Would a given forest really have been cut down without the offset project?
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2023
