Climate risk · Rationale

Pest pressure

Biological hazard characterised by shifts in the distribution, abundance, or timing of pest or vector populations caused by climate variability or change, affecting crop, livestock, fishery, and livelihood systems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.2 · reference

Synonyms

none

Broader

Biological hazard

Narrower

Pest range expansion, Pest phenology disruption

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.

Example of use

CGIAR research addressed fall armyworm management and climate-linked pest risk in Africa.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_137 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_137
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_137)