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Content

How to Interpret the Global Climate Risk Index 2

Key Messages 5

1Key Results of the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 6

2Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events and Ways to Deal with the Related Impacts 16

The effects of climate change on tropical cyclones 19

Exemplary approaches to address the impacts of tropical cyclones 21

Loss and damage: when adaptation and risk management reach their limits 23

3Status Quo of International Resilience Policy 24

International climate policy developments and expectations for 2021 28

4Methodological Remarks 30

5References 33

Annexes 42