Climate risk · Rationale
Heat stress
Temperature extreme characterised by ambient thermal conditions, in particular elevated temperature and humidity, that exceed the tolerance thresholds of crops, livestock, or people and impair their performance, health, or survival.
Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.4
- Synonyms
- high-temperature stress, thermal stress, elevated water temperature, rising water temperature, water temperature stress
- Broader
- Temperature extreme
- Narrower
- none
- Counts as adaptation
- Always (adaptation-specific).
- Provenance
- Domain expert
- Identifier
CRK_106· https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_106
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_106)