Trends in Extreme Weather Events in Europe

In recent years, Europe has suffered a rising number of extreme weather events - from unprecedented heat waves and droughts to record-breaking floods, wind storms and freezes. These events do not respect borders and it is vital that Europe's policy makers come together to devise common strategies to help mitigate the physical, human and economic costs. This new EASAC report based on a comprehensive collection of scientific data from the last 20 years provides just such a rallying call.

A detailed scientific report on which the EASAC policy report is based, published by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in cooperation with EASAC, is available.

Also available is a set of fact sheets based on the full science report (published by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in cooperation with EASAC).