Climate risk · Cross-cutting

Climate hazard

Potential occurrence of a climate-related physical event or trend that may cause loss of life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Glossary: Hazard

Synonyms

climate-related hazard, climatic hazard

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

Biological hazard, Abiotic hazard, Compound hazard, Cascading hazard, Climate shock, Climate stressor

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

CRK_100 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_100
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_100)