Increased human and economic losses from river flooding with anthropogenic warming

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 8; no. 9; pp. 781 - 786
• Main Authors: Dottori, Francesco, Szewczyk, Wojciech, Ciscar, Juan-Carlos, Zhao, Fang, Alfieri, Lorenzo, Hirabayashi, Yukiko, Bianchi, Alessandra, Mongelli, Ignazio, Frieler, Katja, Betts, Richard A., Feyen, Luc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694/2739; 704/106/694/2786; 704/242; Adaptation; Anthropogenic factors; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Earth and Environmental Science; Economic impact; Economic models; Economics; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Fatalities; Flood damage; Flooding; Floods; Frameworks; Human influences; Impact damage; Letter; Mitigation; Rivers; Socioeconomics; Temperature; Temperature range; Temperature rise; Vulnerability

River floods are among some of the costliest natural disasters 1 , but their socio-economic impacts under contrasting warming levels remain little explored 2 . Here, using a multi-model framework, we estimate human losses, direct economic damage and subsequent indirect impacts (welfare losses) under...