Ep2: Escalating Risks: The Vicious Cycle of Natural Hazards | MasterScience | AXA Research Fund

Extreme Weather Events: The New Normal? (Part 2/3)

When heatwaves, floods, and droughts interact, impacts escalate — destroying infrastructure, threatening food security, and taking lives. Prof. Joaquim Pinto explores how exposure and a warming climate are amplifying these risks.

👉 Watch Part 3 of this MasterScience here: https://youtu.be/YBARVWl55mE

Joaquim Pinto is the AXA Chair in Regional Climate and Weather Hazards at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

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