Societally relevant weather impacts typically result from compound events, which are rare
combinations of weather and climate drivers. Focussing on four event types arising from …

Floods, wildfires, heatwaves and droughts often result from a combination of interacting
physical processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The combination of …

Compound weather and climate events are combinations of climate drivers and/or hazards
that contribute to societal or environmental risk. Studying compound events often requires a …

Climate and weather variables such as rainfall, temperature, and pressure are indicators for
hazards such as tropical cyclones, floods, and fires. The impact of these events can be due …

Society is vulnerable to extreme weather events and, by extension, to human impacts on
future events. As climate changes weather patterns will change. The search is on for more …

While compound weather and climate events (CEs) can lead to significant socioeconomic
consequences, their response to climate change is mostly unexplored. We report the first …

Compound weather and climate events describe combinations of multiple climate drivers
and/or hazards that contribute to societal or environmental risk. Although many climate …

The investigation of risk due to weather and climate events is an example of policy relevant
science. Risk is the result of complex interactions between the physical environment …

Understanding future changes in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events in
response to increased greenhouse gas forcing is important for formulating adaptation and …

Climate change is shaping extreme heat and rain. To what degree human activity has
increased the risk of high impact events is of high public concern and still heavily debated …