Limited progress in global reduction of vulnerability to flood impacts over the past two decades

Abstract Global flood impacts have risen in recent decades. While increasing exposure was the dominant driver of surging impacts, counteracting vulnerability reductions have been detected, but were too weak to reverse this trend. To assess the ongoing progress on vulnerability reduction, we combine...

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Main Authors: Inga J. Sauer, Benedikt Mester, Katja Frieler, Sandra Zimmermann, Jacob Schewe, Christian Otto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01401-y