Effects of Climate Change

What is a drought?

● a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal

precipitation.
● can cause reduced soil moisture or groundwater, diminished stream flow, crop
damage, and a general water shortage.
● second-most costly weather event
● difficult to monitor, since its the absence of precipitation, and not a presence
of an event (hurricane, tornado, fire)
● “creeping phenomenon” - slowly impacts many industries
Droughts in Europe

● Common during summertime

● June to September
● 2022 drought reportedly the
worst one in 500 years
 2022 Europe droughts

Drought has led to a dried-up dam near Barcelona

Extremely low water levels on the exposed bed of
in Spain, where a ninth-century Romanesque
the Rialb reservoir during a drought in La Baronia
church has re-emerged still intact.
De Rialb, Spain, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.
Environmental impacts

Article: NBC News

 Longest river in Italy,
Po River

1st pic: 20 june 2020

2nd pic: 15 june 2021
3rd pic: 20 june 2022

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Economic impacts

Negative Impact

Positive Impact

Article: World Economic Forum

Social impacts

Article: Le Monde
sources:
● https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/2022-was-year-drought-rcna624
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● https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/drought-impacts-europe-unexpected/
● https://www.lemonde.fr/en/health/article/2022/11/07/at-least-15-000-killed-by-hot-
weather-in-europe-in-2022-says-who_6003286_14.html

● . https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1
●.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/europe-s-drought-may-be-continent-s-worst-in-at-l
east-500-years-1.1809235
● https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/temperatures-europe-increase-mo
re-twice-global-average