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Composite index

Index comprising a quantitative measure that aggregates multiple individual indicators into a single value, using a defined weighting and aggregation method, to summarise a complex climate-adaptation concept such as risk, vulnerability, or resilience.

Definition source: OECD/JRC Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators (2008)

Synonyms

composite indicator

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

Climate-risk credit score, Climate index, Weather index, Vulnerability index, Resilience index, Adaptive-capacity index

Counts as adaptation

Output addresses a climate hazard, OR is produced by a qualifying intervention, OR an adaptation-specific principle or cross-cutting concept applies to it, OR produces a qualifying outcome; NOT adaptation when it is a general product with no climate-risk framing and no adaptation-specific link.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

OUT_011 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/OUT_011
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/OUT_011)