According to the report, fluvial floods are among the most common and devastating natural disasters. Scientistsí say there is the need for increase in flood protection until the year 2040s worldwide, breaking it down to single regions and cities. The findings stressed that the need for adaptation is greatest in the US, Africa, and parts of India and Indonesia, and in Central Europe including Germany. In Northern America from 0.1 to 1 million ñ while this seems not like a large number, it is a tenfold increase. The time has come where mitigating future climate change must be accompanied by adapting to the climate change that we already caused.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 03:56 UTC