Climate change

In early April, a number of severe storms hit the Central Mississippi river valley in the United States, marked by extreme rainfall and a record number of tornado warnings.

Children born in 2020 will face “unprecedented exposure” to extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, even if warming is limited to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures, according to a new study published in Nature.

Trials will test ways to block sunlight and slow climate crisis that threatens to trigger catastrophic tipping points.

The tandem heat-wave-drought events in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to East Asia are unprecedented, as confirmed by a new study that analyzed tree-ring data going back 300 years and climate models.

Low rainfall, dry soils, and shrinking rivers are pressuring ecosystems, farming, and transport routes across Europe and neighbouring regions.

A new study published in Nature Climate Change finds that the world’s wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of observed global warming since 1990 and the resulting increases in climate extremes such as heatwaves and droughts.

This paper presents a methodology to develop the integrated climate change transition and physical risk assessment of industrial companies in Europe, Northern America and Australia.

This publication reports on activities of European Union missions empowering regions and local authorities to enhance climate resilience and risk management practices and safeguard livelihoods amid increasingly extreme weather events.