Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Climate signals in river flood damages emerge under sound regional disaggregation

  • Inga J. Sauer,
  • Ronja Reese,
  • Christian Otto,
  • Tobias Geiger,
  • Sven N. Willner,
  • Benoit P. Guillod,
  • David N. Bresch,
  • Katja Frieler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22153-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This study introduces an empirical modeling approach allowing to separate climate and socio-economic drivers of damages by fluvial floods. It shows that climate signals are clearly detectable in Asia and Latin America.