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With Europe being the fastest-warming continent in the world, the likelihood of extreme weather events rises rapidly. Extreme droughts and floods hit Italy, Greece and Spain more than most other countries across the globe in the past 30 years, causing many deaths and high economical losses, according to the Climate Risk Index (CRI) published by NGO Germanwatch.
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