Preparing Europe for climate change: coordination is key to reduce risks posed by extreme weather
The report presents 10 key natural hazards in Europe, including heatwaves, heavy precipitation, river floods, windstorms, landslides, droughts, forest fires, avalanches, hail and storm surges. These events have large impacts on human health, the economy and ecosystems and they can be made more damaging by other changes like increases in soil sealing, building in risk-prone areas, ageing population or ecosystem degradation.