Climate risk · Rationale

Hydrological hazard

Abiotic hazard relating to the occurrence, movement, and distribution of water at and below the land surface, comprising events such as floods and changes in water bodies that can harm agricultural and ecological systems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.3; IPCC SROCC

Synonyms

water-related hazard

Broader

Abiotic hazard

Narrower

Flood, Salinity intrusion, Glacier change, Snowpack change, Water scarcity

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_121 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_121
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_121)