Climate risk · Rationale

Biological hazard

Climate hazard arising from living organisms whose distribution, abundance, or activity is influenced by climate variability or change, including pests, pathogens, and invasive species that harm agricultural and ecological systems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.2

Synonyms

biotic hazard

Broader

Climate hazard

Narrower

Pest pressure, Disease pressure, Invasive species, Mycotoxin contamination, Zoonotic disease emergence

Counts as adaptation

Climate risk counts as adaptation when the text attributes it to climate change, climate variability, or a named climate hazard (for example climate-induced, climate-driven, exacerbated by warming, or due to changing rainfall), OR when it is the stated target of an adaptation-specific intervention, climate service, or early-warning action; NOT adaptation when it is described as a routine pest, sanitary, food-safety, land-management, or general social or economic problem with no climate framing.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_136 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_136
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_136)