Despite considerable uncertainties regarding the exact contribution of anthropogenic
climate change to disaster risk, rising losses from extreme events have highlighted the need …

Climate change triggers manifold impacts at the national to local level, which in turn have
various economy-wide implications (eg on welfare, employment, or tax revenues). In its …

Natural disasters, such as floods, can have severe consequences, especially as economies
are becoming ever more interlinked and complex so that the cascading effects of disasters …

In this paper, we review and discuss some challenges in insuring flood risk in Europe on the
national level, including high correlation of damages. Making use of recent advances in …

Losses from natural disasters are on the rise and risk management options for lessening
direct as well as indirect consequences are gaining in importance. Riverine flooding is one …

Convective precipitation is intensifying in many regions, but potential implications of shifts in
precipitation types on impacts have not been quantified. Furthermore, risk assessments …

While ageing-related costs are perceived as the major drivers of fiscal pressure in the EU,
concerns over climate-related public expenditures have received comparatively little …

Kurzfassung In Europa wird der Großteil der durch Naturkatastrophen verursachten
Versicherungsschäden durch Sturmereignisse verursacht. Zur statistischen Analyse dieser …

In weiterer Folge wird darauf eingegangen, welche Faktoren sich auf das Hochwasserrisiko
auswirken und wie sich in diesem Zusammenhang das Hochwasserschadenspotential in …

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