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\newpage  \section{Introduction}  Several decades of scientific work on a better understanding of the earth's climate system have led to increasing certainty that changes in the climate system are influenced by human activity. As the 5\textsuperscript{th} Assessment Report of the IPCC notes, there is 95\% confidence that the increase in global surface temperature is caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations \citep{stocker2013climate}. As a result, more extreme weather occurrences have been predicted for many regions for the upcoming decades. Successfully coping with changes in weather patterns requires mitigation measures for future GHG emissions reductions along with adaptation measures, the latter adopted particularly in those regions that will be severely affected by future weather extremes.