Climate risk · Rationale

Pest range expansion

Form of pest pressure characterised by the geographic spread of pests or vectors into areas that climate change has rendered newly suitable, exposing previously unaffected crops, livestock, and ecosystems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.2: Species range shifts

Synonyms

pest range shift, vector expansion

Broader

Pest pressure

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_138 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_138
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_138)