Change in precipitation patterns is predicted across the Americas with varying trends in annual rainfall shifts, leading to water-related disasters such as precipitation-induced floods, flash floods, drought with consequent wildfire danger and extreme events caused by the interaction of wind and water (e.g. storm surges).

The densely populated cities of large mega-deltas on the Asian coastline face high exposure to sea-level rise, storm surges and river flooding.

Europe is expected to be affected by a wide range of impacts of climate change, including more frequent and intense heavy precipitation events, more frequent heat waves, retreating glaciers and changing terrestrial ecosystems.