Climate risk · Rationale

Land degradation

Soil hazard characterised by a negative trend in land condition, caused by direct or indirect human-induced processes including anthropogenic climate change, expressed as a long-term reduction or loss of biological productivity, ecological integrity, or value to humans.

Definition source: IPCC SRCCL Glossary: Land degradation · reference

Synonyms

soil function 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.

Example of use

Climate-smart village work tested soil and water management and agroforestry options to address climate-driven soil degradation.

Provenance

Domain expert; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

CRK_150 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_150
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_150)