Climate risk · Cross-cutting

Climate shock

Climate hazard with an acute temporal profile, marked by sudden, severe onset, such as a flood, storm, or rapid drought onset, that causes rapid harm, as distinct from a slow-onset stressor.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Glossary (Extreme weather event); resilience literature

Synonyms

climate event, extreme climate event, acute shock, Climate-related shock, Climate extreme, extreme weather event

Broader

Climate hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_09 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_09
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_09)