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Global warming poses substantial flood risk increase for Central and Western Europe

Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of 1.5°C warming compared to pre-industrial levels.
Date: 29 Jan 2018
Filed under: flooding, assessment