Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

Flooding is one of the most common natural hazards, causing disastrous impacts worldwide.
Stress-testing the global human-Earth system to understand the sensitivity of floodplains and …

Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

A record 500,000 hectares burned in Portugal during the extreme wildfire season of 2017,
with more than 120 human lives lost. Here we analyse the climatic factors responsible for the …

Before the Syrian uprising that began in 2011, the greater Fertile Crescent experienced the
most severe drought in the instrumental record. For Syria, a country marked by poor …

Early 21st-century droughts in Europe have been broadly regarded as exceptionally severe,
substantially affecting a wide range of socio-economic sectors. These extreme events were …

Drought is one of the main threats to food security and ecosystem productivity. During the
past decades, Europe has experienced a series of droughts that caused substantial …

The co-occurrence of warm spells and droughts can lead to detrimental socio-economic and
ecological impacts, largely surpassing the impacts of either warm spells or droughts alone …

Summer fires frequently rage across Mediterranean Europe, often intensified by high
temperatures and droughts. According to the state-of-the-art regional fire risk projections, in …