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Denmark keeps on dithering over climate adaptation plans https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/denmark-keeps-dithering-over-climate-adaptation-plans

Clean Energy Wire News 10 Mar 2023, Søren Bjørn-Hansen

These changes in the weather bring with them great economic costs, explains Hans Sanderson, a senior scientist with iClimate at the University of Aarhus, and an expert on climate adaptation. "The agricultural sector experienced damages of over six billion DKK (800 million euros) at the last drought in 2018. And we will see more such serious consequences in the coming years."

Copernicus: European State of the Climate 2022 Unprecedented extreme heat and widespread drought mark European climate in 2022 https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-european-state-climate-2022-unprecedented-extreme-heat-and-widespread-drought-mark

Copernicus Climate Change Service. Date: 20th April 2023

The Copernicus Climate Change Service today releases its annual European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report, detailing the significant climate events of 2022 in Euro-pe and across the globe. These data-driven insights show rising temperatures and intensifying extreme events, and give an overview of 2022's climate in a long-term context.

Extreme heat, widespread drought typify European climate in 2022 https://climate.copernicus.eu/extreme-heat-widespread-drought-typify-european-climate-2022

Copernicus Climate Change Service. Date: 20th April 2023

Drought https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2022/drought

Copernicus Climate Change Service.

A significant drought affected Europe in 2022. A persistent lack of precipitation was observed from winter 2021/22 onwards and, for the year as a whole, surface soil moisture was the second lowest in the last 50 years. Higher-than-average tempera-tures and a sequence of heatwaves that started in spring and continued throughout summer sustained and enhanced drier-than-average conditions. The drought af-fected natural systems and key socio-economic sectors, such as agri-culture, energy and river transport. This section describes the evolution and main features of the drought in terms of precipitation deficit and soil moisture, together with an overview of some of its main impacts.

This is how to drought-proof your city https://blog.futureproofed.com/how-to-drought-proof-your-city

The Futureproofed Blog. written by Hendrik Moeremans July 16, 2020

Having less water will pose a big problem and health risk for cities across the globe. But, it turns out that concrete and impactful measures can help cities adapt to present and future droughts. At Futureproofed, we dived into our database for a drought-proofing package.

Piecing together the puzzle of Europe's parched spring https://climate.copernicus.eu/piecing-together-puzzle-europes-parched-spring

Copernicus Climate Change Service. Date: 17th June 2020

This spring, countries across western, central and eastern Europe experienced parti-cularly dry – and in some places warm – weather that led to drought conditions that started in eastern Europe and migrated across to the centre of western Europe.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S*) reported dry upper soil, little precipi-tation, high temperatures and low relative humidity across Europe. Eastern Europe experienced very low soil moisture values, despite close to average rainfall. Mean-while, spring in northern parts of western Europe was one of the driest for the last 40 years, both in terms of rainfall and soil moisture.

Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years https://theconversation.com/recent-australian-droughts-may-be-the-worst-in-800-years-94292

The Conservation. Published: May 1, 2018 Authors: Mandy Freund, Ben Henley, Kathryn Allen & Patrick Baker. 

Australia is a continent defined by extremes, and recent decades have seen some extraordinary climate events. But droughts, floods, heatwaves, and fires have battered Australia for millennia. Are recent extreme events really worse than those in the past?

Drought proofing cities: Desalination versus rainwater tanks – a challenge to water supply managers https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13241583.2008.11465338

EDAW Australia, Melbourne, Victoria. Correspondence. D Knights & T Wong. Pages 101-109 Published online: 11 Nov 2015 https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2008.11465338

Drought is affecting water supply in many cities across Australia. However, rainwater tanks do not appear to be considered a serious water supply option by many go-vernment agencies. The major concern about rainwater tanks for drought response is the yield they would provide during drought conditions. The results presented in this paper challenge the widely held assumption that rainwater tanks cannot provide a reliable supply during drought. 

There's a simple way to drought-proof a town – build more water storage https://theconversation.com/theres-a-simple-way-to-drought-proof-a-town-build-more-water-storage-120504

The Conservation. Published: July 23, 2019. Author: Michael Roderick

The federal parliament has voted to funnel A$200 million to drought-stricken areas. What exactly this money will be spent on is still under consideration, but the majority will go to rural, inland communities.