Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3879-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3879-2025
Research article
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09 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2025

Future intensification of compound and consecutive drought and heatwave risks in Europe

Samuel Jonson Sutanto, Confidence Duku, Merve Gülveren, Rutger Dankers, and Spyridon Paparrizos

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Data and script used in the paper: Future intensification of compound and consecutive drought and heatwave risks in Europe S. Sutanto and C. Duku https://doi.org/10.4121/14800e7b-8649-4152-b737-7f30eab23dad.v1

RA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161bac

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Drought and heatwave risks in Europe will worsen due to climate change, especially when they occur together or successively. Our study shows that both events will become more frequent and severe across Europe, with even greater increases under high-emission scenarios. In Germany, drought-related economic losses may double, and heatwave deaths could rise ninefold by 2100. These findings stress the urgent need for climate action to reduce future impacts.
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