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Update

27 June 2023

URI ocean engineering professor appears in French television documentary on tsunami threat to French Riviera

In France where the faults are close to the coast, it might take only 10 to 15 minutes for a tsunami to reach the Riviera, a region that also has very crowded beaches from May to October.

University of Rhode Island

Update

22 May 2023

‘We can’t escape the reality’: France is preparing for 4°C of warming by 2100

After living through the hottest summer on record in 2022 and a prolonged drought, France is now preparing for a future where extreme weather could become commonplace.

Euronews

Update

31 May 2023

Drought fuels water conflict in France, Spain as farmers face fury

In drought-hit western France, conflict between farmers and environmentalists is growing over new irrigation reservoirs

Context

Update

11 May 2023

These 7 cities are tackling heatwaves with innovative solutions

Almost 90 cities issued heat alerts in the extreme weather over the summer of 2022, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. But cities are learning to tackle extreme heat – sometimes with ingenious solutions.

World Economic Forum

Update

24 April 2023

Half the global population saw all-time record temperatures over past decade

Carbon Brief reveals visually just how much the world’s most populous regions have been affected by extreme heat since 2013.

Carbon Brief

Documents and publications

8 February 2023

National risk assessments of cross-border risks

This CSS Risk and Resilience Report provides a comparative analysis of national risk assessments. Specifically, it compares the assessments made by nine European countries and Swiss Re respectively of five types of cross-​border risks.

Update

28 December 2022

How a deadly storm turned a French resort into a climate change laboratory

Xynthia was a perfect storm of hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain that smashed into the western coasts of France and Spain overnight, wreaking havoc as far inland as Germany.

Euronews

Update

15 November 2022

Severe 2022 hail damage in France sets new benchmarks, underscores shift of risk and calls for pricing adjustments

Swiss Re analysis shows that the frequency of costly hail events in France is underestimated in existing industry benchmarks, suggesting that adjustments to insurance risk assessment and pricing are needed

Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)