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Major flood disasters in the EU, Switzerland and Norway, 1950–2009

12 Jan 2011

Major flood disasters according to flood types and spatial relevance

Coastal flood damage potential

12 Jan 2011

Damage potential of coastal flooding in Europe

Normalised windstorm losses in Europe from major windstorm disasters

12 Jan 2011

Losses from major windstorm disasters in Europe between 1970 and 2008

Modelled conditions for summer tourism in Europe for 1961–1990 and 2071–2100

12 Jan 2011

Conditions for summer tourism in Europe for 1961–1990 and 2071–2100

Potential climatic tipping elements

12 Jan 2011

Tipping elements are regional-scale features of the climate that could exhibit threshold-type behaviour in response to human-driven climate change – that is, a small amount of climate change at a critical point could trigger an abrupt and/or irreversible shift in the tipping element. The consequences of such shifts for societies and ecosystems are likely to be severe. Question marks indicate systems whose status as tipping elements is particularly uncertain. There are other potential tipping elements that are missing from the map, for example shallow-water coral reefs (Veron et al. 2009) threatened in part by ocean acidification

Arctic summer sea-ice age 1981–2000 compared with 2007, 2008, and 2009

12 Jan 2011

These images compare ice age, a proxy for ice thickness, in 2007, 2008, 2009, and the 1981–2000 average. 2009 saw an increase in second-year ice over 2008. At the end of summer 2009, 32% of the ice cover was second-year ice and three-year and older ice were 19% of the total ice cover, the lowest in the satellite record.

Observed and projected global mean surface temperatures from 1900, for three IPCC scenarios and the 'Year 2000 constant concentration' pathway

12 Jan 2011

If global greenhouse gas emissions would not be reduced, the 2°C target will be exceeded towards the middle of the 21st century. The horizontal 2°C target line takes into account warming of about 0.6 °C from pre-industrial to 1990. “Likely” ranges in average 2090-2099 warming for all six IPCC scenarios are shown on the right

The probability of exceeding 2 °C global warming versus CO2 emitted from 2000–2049

12 Jan 2011

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Projected global average sea-level rise, 1990–2100

12 Jan 2011

Past observed and projected sea level rise from various information sources

GHG emissions avoided due to better management of municipal waste in the EU-27 plus Norway and Switzerland

12 Jan 2011

This figure shows avoided net emissions of greenhouse gases from the waste management sector in EU-27 (minus Cyprus), Norway and Switzerland. More detailed, the figure shows the difference in the net emissions in years 2008 and 2020 scenarios to the base year’s (1995) net emissions

Trends and outlook for management of municipal waste in the EU-27 (excluding Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland, baseline scenario

12 Jan 2011

This figure shows the waste generation in the EU-27 (without Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland and the distribution between treatment paths from 1990 to 2020.

Emissions from municipal waste management in the EU-27, excluding Cyprus, plus Norway and Switzerland, 1990 and 2008, CO2-equivalents

12 Jan 2011

This figure shows the net emissions of greenhouse gases from the waste management sector in EU-27 (minus Cyprus), Norway and Switzerland. The figure also shows the emissions associated with each waste management option.

WEEE put on the market, collected and recycled/recovered/reused in 23 European countries (kg/person), all figures relate to 2006

12 Jan 2011

The figure shows the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) that has been put on the market, collected in total, collected from private households and reused and recycled in 22 European countries, stated in kg/capita. The figures are related to the collection target of 4kg/capita/year. All values are related to 2006.

Biodegradable municipal waste landfilled in 2006 (% of biodegradable municipal waste generated in 1995), compared to targets of the European Landfill Directive

12 Jan 2011

This figure shows 2006 landfilling of biodegradable waste as a percentage of the 1995 biodegradable waste generation and how countries comply to the EU requirements for 2006, 2009 and 2016.