An impact perspective on pan-European drought sensitivity

In the past decades, Europe experienced several severe drought events with diverse environmental and socio-economic impacts. The EU FP-7 project DROUGHT RS the importance of energy and industry impacts appears to be country-specific. The differences in relevance of the affected sectors and in type of impacts even within the same broader category support the need to determine impact-specific indicators for monitoring and management. The EDII database is now publicly available online for use and for contribution from the community, and the patterns found will have to be reassessed as it expands over time.