To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global flood hazard.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global flood hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global flood mortality risks and distribution.

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global flood hazard.

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global drought hazard.

To provide a spatial surface of the proportional economic impacts of global drought hazard.

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global drought hazard.

To provide a means of assessing global drought mortality risks and distribution.

To provide a gridded data on country-level population and downscaled projections based on the SRES B2 marker scenario.

To provide gridded GDP data on country-level downscaled projections based on the SRES B2 marker scenario.

To provide gridded emissions data that can be used in interdisciplinary studies of the environment.