{"id":16769,"date":"2022-03-24T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=16769"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:54:13","slug":"europe-climate-extreme-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/europe-climate-extreme-events\/","title":{"rendered":"In Europe extreme weather events resulted in \u20ac500 billion losses since 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1980, extreme weather events have caused half a trillion euros losses and 145,000 deaths in Europe, EEA has found. Climate change remains the main threat. Today, the insurance coverage is still too low<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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In the last 40 years, extreme weather events<\/strong> associated also with climate change – storms, heat waves and floods – have devastated Europe leaving a heavy balance sheet. The death toll, in particular, ranges from 85 to 145 thousand lives<\/strong>. While the damage count is around 500 billion euros<\/strong>, according to the latest report<\/a> of the European Environment Agency<\/strong> (EEA).<\/p>\n

The study, which covers 32 countries (the 27 EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey) between 1980 and 2019, also highlights the low level of financial insurance<\/strong> which covered less than a third of damages as well as the impact of some especially devastating events. Around 3% of disasters, in fact, were responsible for 60% of losses.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udd95Economic losses from #weather<\/a> & #climate<\/a>-related extremes \u26c8\ufe0fin Europe reached around half a trillion euros over past 40 years – our latest briefing \u25b6\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/yMsGUGClOZ<\/a>#climateadaptation<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sbzAgkK8bv<\/a><\/p>\n

— EU EnvironmentAgency (@EUEnvironment) February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n