FEEM Re3: “Droughts in Northern Italy: Taken by Surprise, Again”

Can drought-induced threats be turned into adaptation opportunities? FEEM researchers Lorenzo Carrera, Jaroslav Mysiak and Jacopo Crimi analyse the unexpected vulnerabilities revealed by a long-lasting period of drought events across the Po river basin district in Italy from 2003 to 2012, and propose four policy options to reduce the water scarcity and drought risk at river district basin level.