 Eurocortex, Coordinated Downscaling Experiment over Europe, is a new generation of downscaled climate projections available for climate change impact studies in Europe. This new opportunity allows researchers to investigate potential effects of a warmer world on meteorological and hydrological extremes at regional scales. Using an ensemble of Eurocortex RCP 8.5 scenarios, researchers can assess the projected changes in flood hazard in Europe through the current century. Statistical distribution fitting and peak overthreshold analysis were used to evaluate the agreement of ensemble projections. The results show that the change in frequency of discharge extremes is likely to have a larger impact on the overall flood hazard than the change in their magnitude. On average, in Europe, flood peaks with return periods above 100 years are projected to double in frequency within three decades. This article was authored by Al-Alfieri, P. Burik, Al-Fayin, and others.