European Environmental Agency (EEA) web report "Europe's changing climate hazards" and European Climate Data Explorer

Published on February 14, 2022

The EEA web report 'Europe's changing climate hazards' summarizes past trends and projected changes in key climate hazards for Europe, based on more than 30 hazard indices. Climate hazards are grouped according to the 'climatic impact driver' categories underlying the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Many indices in the web report can be explored interactively, based on the European Climate Data Explorer.

The European Climate Data Explorer is a graphical user interface on the European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT) that provides interactive access to many climate indices from the Climate Data Store of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The Explorer was designed for policymakers and other stakeholders that want condense and intuitive information at various spatial levels.  It was launched in May 2021 on the Climate-ADAPT platform based on a cooperation between C3S and the EEA. The current version of the European Climate Data Explorer includes around 20 climate indices, including several related to human health.

EEA plans to update both the European Climate Data Explorer and the EEA web report on climate hazards regularly as new indices and data sources become available in the C3S Climate Data Store. A focus of the updates in 2022 will be on climate indices relevant for disaster risk reduction.

Links:
- Europe's changing climate hazards — an index-based interactive EEA report: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/europes-changing-climate-hazards-1/climate-hazards-indices
- European Climate Data Explorer: https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/european-climate-data-explorer 

Continue reading on website
Other news

The 2021 Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) Global Technical Meeting (GTM): Together for Zero Impact from Health Threats

February 14, 2022
"Collaboration is not some nice to have thing that we may or may not want to do: it is an existential necessity if we really want to keep this world safe" summarized Chikwe Ihekweazu as the main take away of the third EIOS Global Technical Meeting (GTM), which took place from 6-10  December 2021. As the new Assistant Director General (ADG) of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ihekweazu is leadi

The Copernicus Emergency Management Service - CEMS Week 2021

February 14, 2022
This flagship event focused on two horizontal priorities: climate change and exploiting research & innovation. It also showcased the integration of all CEMS components in the "summer of disasters" session. Further, it offered ample room for the communities to learn and discuss progress in floods, fires, droughts and mapping. On the first day of the event, the floods team launched the "Global Flood