Global warming and windstorm impacts in the EU
JRC PESETA IV project - Task 13
Windstorms are amongst the most damaging natural hazards in Europe, with approximately 5 €billion of estimated annual losses in the EU. The number of reported windstorms significantly increased over the last decades, yet there is no consensus about a climate-induced trend in windstorms over Europe. Climate model projections of extreme wind are highly uncertain, but they suggest that windstorms will not become more intense or happen more frequent with global warming over most of the European land. As a consequence, it is expected that risks from windstorms in the EU will not rise due to climate change. Future impacts of wind extremes could be reduced by a range of measures, such as the development and implementation of enhanced windstorm-resilient standards and building codes.
SPINONI Jonathan;
FORMETTA Giuseppe;
MENTASCHI Lorenzo;
FORZIERI Giovanni;
FEYEN Luc;
2020-05-13
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC118595
978-92-76-12955-4 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 29960 EN,
OP KJ-NA-29960-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC118595,
10.2760/039014 (online),
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