By Alison Withers and Kate Abnett

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, improve financial risk assessments and provide evidence for use in lawsuits.

Scientists with the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service told Reuters the service can help governments in weighing the physical risks posed by worsening weather and setting policy in response.

“It’s the demand of understanding when an extreme event happens, how is this related to climate change?” said the new service’s technical lead, Freja Vamborg.

The European Commission did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The service will perfor

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