Climate risk · Rationale

Temperature extreme

Atmospheric hazard comprising air temperatures in the warm or cold tail of the local distribution, spanning both heat and cold extremes that exceed the tolerance thresholds of crops, livestock, people, and ecosystems.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.11

Synonyms

extreme temperature, extreme temperature event

Broader

Atmospheric hazard

Narrower

Heat stress, Heatwave, Cold stress

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

PRMS pilot

Identifier

CRK_162 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_162
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_162)