Climate risk · Rationale

Climate vulnerability

Climate risk component comprising the propensity of a system, community, or household to be adversely affected by climate variability and change, including sensitivity to harm and limited capacity to cope and adapt.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Glossary (Vulnerability)

Synonyms

climate-vulnerable, vulnerable to climate, vulnerable to climate risks, vulnerability to climate change

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

CRK_164 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_164
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_164)