The COMPASS project recently released a report on “Storylines connecting hazard, exposure, vulnerability and impacts to decision-making for Phase I“.

This collection of case study stories presents accessible, non-technical narratives derived from the COMPASS technical deliverable D4.1. Spanning diverse hazard and geographic contexts, including winter storms in the UK and tropical cyclones in Mozambique and Honduras, the cases translate complex attribution analyses into clear stories that explain how climate-related hazards lead to impacts, and the role climate change has played in these disasters. Rather than focusing on hazards alone, the narratives highlight how losses and damages emerge through interacting pathways of exposure and vulnerability shaped by socio-economic factors such as population growth, development patterns, inequality, governance, and conflict.

These narratives are designed to support engagement and decision-making by non-technical audiences, including policymakers and practitioners, while remaining grounded in the underlying technical analysis. They are not standalone analyses but simplified story versions that preserve analytical integrity while foregrounding lived experience and systemic drivers of risk. For details on the methodologies, references and more detailed results, please see Deliverable 4.1. In 2026, these narratives will form the foundation for interactive storymaps, enabling further visualisation, exploration, and dialogue based on the COMPASS findings.

More information can be found in the following COMPASS project Deliverable:
Jack, C. D., de Boer, T., Gale, S., Paprotny, D., Muis, S., Goulart, H., Wilson, E., Munday, G., Cotterill, D., Cabrera, V., Doris, V., Couasnon, A., Terefenko, P., Bernie, D., Perks, R., Śledziowski, J., Vogel, M. (2025): Storylines connecting hazard, exposure, vulnerability and impacts to decision-making for Phase I. Horizon Europe project COMPASS. Deliverable D4.3.