Climate risk · Rationale

Soil salinization

Soil hazard characterised by the accumulation of soluble salts in the soil profile, driven by factors such as evaporation, poor irrigation, and saline-water intrusion, which impairs plant growth and soil productivity.

Definition source: AGROVOC: soil salinization (c_35321); IPCC SRCCL

Synonyms

soil salinity, salinisation, salinity

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_146 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_146
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_146)