Journal
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 469-477Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0156-3
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Funding
- World Climate Research Programme
- Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS)
- ETH Zurich
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (VIDI grant) [016.161.324]
- ARC [DP150100411]
- IMPREX research project - European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework programme [641811]
- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [617518]
- European Research Council (ERC) [617518] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Floods, wildfires, heatwaves and droughts often result from a combination of interacting physical processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The combination of processes (climate drivers and hazards) leading to a significant impact is referred to as a 'compound event'. Traditional risk assessment methods typically only consider one driver and/or hazard at a time, potentially leading to underestimation of risk, as the processes that cause extreme events often interact and are spatially and/or temporally dependent. Here we show how a better understanding of compound events may improve projections of potential high-impact events, and can provide a bridge between climate scientists, engineers, social scientists, impact modellers and decision-makers, who need to work closely together to understand these complex events.
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