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Monitoring meteorological drought impacts supports policy measures that target, among others, greenhouse gas removals and the adaptation of ecosystems to climate change. In 2022, Europe experienced its hottest summer and second warmest year on record, and consequently the largest overall drought impacted area: over 630,000km2 as opposed to the 167,000km2 annual average impacted area between 2000 and 2022. Between 2000
Datasets
Drought impact on ecosystems (2000-2022)Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
Published: 15 Apr 2024
Temporal coverage: 2000-2022
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The indicator addresses anomalies and long term trends of vegetation productivity derived from remote sensing observed time series of vegetation indices in areas that are pressured by drought.
Table: "Annual drought impact area, by countries (km2)"
Archived or restricted datasets
Drought impact on ecosystems_superseded (2000-2022)Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)Archived
Published: 28 Nov 2023
Temporal coverage: 2000-2022
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The indicator addresses anomalies and long term trends of vegetation productivity derived from remote sensing observed time series of vegetation indices in areas that are pressured by drought.
Table: "Annual drought impact area, by countries (km2)"
Drought impact on ecosystems_superseded (2000-2022)Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)Archived
Published: 15 Feb 2024
Temporal coverage: 2000-2022
Download:
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The indicator addresses anomalies and long term trends of vegetation productivity derived from remote sensing observed time series of vegetation indices in areas that are pressured by drought.
Table: "Annual drought impact area, by countries (km2)"