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Economic damage caused by climate-related extreme events
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Created 10 Dec 2019
Published 11 Dec 2019
Last modified 29 Nov 2020
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Topics:
Climate change adaptation
Economic damage caused by weather and climate-related extreme events
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Units:
Billion EUR (2017 values)
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Owners:
- Basel Convention
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Additional information
Geophysical events: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions;
Meteorological events: storms;
Hydrological events: floods, mass movements;
Climatological events: heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires.
Total economic damages in EUR billion (= EUR 1 000 million; in 2017 prices), based on the damage records from the NatCatSERVICE of Munich Re and the EUROSTAT structural indicators.
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Temporal coverage
1980-2017
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/economic-damage-caused-by-climate or scan the QR code.
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