Climate risk · Rationale

Soil hazard

Abiotic hazard relating to the soil and land system, comprising processes such as erosion, salinization, and degradation that are driven or accelerated by climate and that diminish the productive capacity of land.

Definition source: IPCC SRCCL

Synonyms

edaphic hazard

Broader

Abiotic hazard

Narrower

Soil erosion, Soil salinization, Soil carbon loss, Soil acidification, Desertification, Land degradation

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_144 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_144
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_144)