Consequências das alterações climáticas - Comissão Europeia
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regiões do Mediterrâneo e do Atlântico
Com um aumento da temperatura média mundial de 3 °C, prevê-se que a frequência das aumente para o dobro e que o montante dos prejuízos anuais absolutos resultantes das secas na Europa se eleve a 40 mil milhões de euros por ano, com os efeitos mais graves a registar-se nas <anchor>regiões do Mediterrâneo e do Atlântico</anchor>. Secas mais graves e frequentes aumentarão a duração e a gravidade da época dos incêndios florestais, em especial na região mediterrânica. As alterações climáticas fazem também com que as áreas em risco de incêndios florestais estejam também a aumentar, pelo que regiões que atualmente não estão expostas a incêndios podem vir a tornar-se zonas de risco.
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# Droughts

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## Summary of Key Findings

With global warming, droughts will become more frequent, last longer and become more intense in Mediterranean and Atlantic regions of Europe.

Drought conditions will become less extreme in Boreal and Continental Europe. Total economic losses from drought in Europe would grow from 9.4 €billion/year now to 45 €billion/year with 3°C global warming in 2100.

Under the climate change mitigation scenarios considered in PESEAT IV, the damage in 2100 would be approximately halved compared to no mitigation.

![drought-peseta-figure.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_medium_no_crop/public/2020-04/drought-peseta-figure.jpg?itok=QtBtHDov)

_Figure: Fraction of area exposed to changes in drought occurrence for three global warming scenarios, compared to present (1981-2010), for European sub-regions._

## Summary Card

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## Infographic

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### Sector report

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### Final report

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