Flood

Data source provider

Aqueduct, World Resources Institute

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Exposure to physical risks

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. National database
2. World Bank's CCKP, CMIP5 models, which are utilized within the AR5 of the IPCC

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Number of days affected per year or Number of incidents per year

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country

Time horizon

Forward-looking

Link

https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/floods/

Frequency

Annual

Time series

2030-2080

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

Aqueduct’s tools use open-source, peer reviewed data to map water risks such as floods, droughts and stress in the format of geospatial data (map with different colours to indicate severity).