Drought is a multiscale phenomenon unfolding across spatial and temporal dimensions, often combining meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological components. As climate change accelerates, rising temperatures and altered land-atmosphere interactions intensify drought persistence, clustering, and propagation. These shifts affect water availability, ecosystem resilience, and water-dependent sectors such as agriculture, industry, and domestic supply. We invite studies that explore how land use, land cover change, and evapotranspiration dynamics contribute to evolving drought patterns, as well as those linking these phenomena to risk assessment, adaptation strategies, and early warning systems. This session invites contributions on the spatio-temporal dynamics of compound droughts, including detection, attribution, monitoring, and modeling from local to global scales. We particularly welcome studies that use novel datasets, high-resolution observations, advanced indices, or integrated modeling frameworks to assess drought propagation, persistence, and clustering under climate variability and change. Contributions may also focus on linking these dynamics to risk assessment, adaptation, and early warning.
The session aims to foster interdisciplinary discussion and methodological advances supporting drought risk management, policy planning, and enhanced resilience to water stress in a changing climate.