Climate risk · Rationale

Abiotic hazard

Climate hazard arising from non-living physical and chemical conditions of the atmosphere, water, land, and ocean, including temperature extremes, drought, flooding, storms, and soil degradation processes that harm agricultural and ecological systems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.2

Synonyms

abiotic stress, abiotic stressor, abiotic constraint

Broader

Climate hazard

Narrower

Atmospheric hazard, Hydrological hazard, Soil hazard, Marine hazard

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

PRMS pilot

Identifier

CRK_161 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_161
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_161)