Climate risk · Rationale

Soil erosion

Soil hazard characterised by the detachment and removal of soil particles by water or wind, accelerated by extreme rainfall, runoff, and loss of vegetation cover, reducing soil depth and fertility.

Definition source: AGROVOC: soil erosion; IPCC SRCCL

Synonyms

soil loss

Broader

Soil hazard

Narrower

none

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; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

CRK_145 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_145
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_145)