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Key messages

  • Between 1980 and 2020, total economic losses from weather and climate related events caused, economic losses of EUR 450–520 billion (in 2020 euros) and only between ¼th and ⅓rd of these losses were insured depending on the source.
  • During the same period in the EEA 32 member countries between 85 to 145 thousand fatalities were recorder depending on the source.
  • Around 3% of all events are responsible for 60% of the losses. It is important to record small and medium scale events as well in order to detect the impact of climate change on losses and to support adaptation actions.
  • Trends in losses do not indicate any significant change over the period 1980-2020. This can be partly attributed to large interannual variability and a reporting bias over time, in particular for small and medium events.
  • Further efforts in collecting a coherent and comparable data from countries will be needed in order to present a coherent and authoritative European overview on losses and fatalities from weather and climate extremes as identified in the EU’s Green Deal and the EU Adaptation Strategy in order to close the climate protection gap.
  • minnen (Jelle Van Minnen) 21 Nov 2021 21:19:16
    • Between 1980 and 2020, total economic losses from weather and climate related events caused, economic losses of EUR 450–520 billion (in 2020 euros) and only between ¼th and ⅓rd of these losses were insured depending on the source.
    • During the same period in the EEA 32 member countries between 85 to 145 thousand fatalities were recorder depending on the source.
    • Around 3% of all events are responsible for 60% of the losses. It is important to record small and medium scale events as well in order to detect the impact of climate change on losses and to support adaptation actions.

    Basic information that is missing is teh number of events that have been counted. . Then you can explain (i) total economic damage,; (ii) fatalities ; (iii) backgound. But please add basic info

  • sjostasa (Asa Sjöström) 07 Dec 2021 11:31:01

    This section needs rewriting - it now reads as if it is the source that decides how many were insured, etc. Suggest that you remove "depending on the source" and make a decision about which source you find reliable. It is either 85000 or 145000 fatalities that are recorded, it can't be both. Chose one, and explain the definitions that are used. Alternatively, if you want to present the results from both the NatCat and the CATDAT databases, say which number comes from which, and explain the differences between the data. Without this guidance, it is very difficult for us as readers to understand why the numbers are so different, and how we should deal with that. This comes back again to the purpose of the report, and the messages that you want to bring forward - is it that there is a great difference between the data sets, or is it that there are great economic losses from climate related events?

    Around 3% of weather and climate related events are responsible ...

    What does "a reporting bias over time" mean in this context? 

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