the article was published bearing a typographical error to the second author name listed. the author group regrets the error and the name should be referenced and credited as jakob zscheischler and not the former. in addition, the citation zscheischler j., westra s., van den hurk b. j. j. m., seneviratne s. i., ward p. j., pitman a., aghakouchak a., bresch d. n., leonard m., wahl t., zhang x. (2018) “future climate risk from compound events” should be recognized as zscheischler j., westra s., van den hurk b. j. j. m., seneviratne s. i., ward p. j., pitman a., aghakouchak a., bresch d. n., leonard m., wahl t., zhang x. (2018) “future climate risk from compound events”. nature clim change 8, 469–477 (2018). https://doi. org/10.1038/s41558-018-0156-3. this correction stands to correct the original article.