Cambridge University Press eBooks· 2012
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
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Short summary
Extreme weather events, amplified by climate change, interact with vulnerable systems to create disasters, with disaster risk influenced by both event changes and evolving exposure/vulnerability.
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Key points
- Disaster risk arises from the interaction of extreme weather/climate events with exposed and vulnerable systems.
- Both changes in event frequency/severity and dynamic patterns of exposure/vulnerability influence disaster risk.
- Increased populations and assets at risk have contributed to rising disaster risk.
- Risk management strategies for weather- and climate-related disasters can be developed at any scale.
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Abstract
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SREX) explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. Changes in the frequency and severity of the physical events affect disaster risk, but so do the spatially diverse and temporally dynamic patterns of exposure and vulnerability. Some types of extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency or magnitude, but populations and assets at risk have also increased, with consequences for disaster risk. Opportunities for managing risks of weather- and climate-related disasters exist or can be developed at any scale, local to international. Prepared following strict IPCC procedures, SREX is an invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change, including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers.
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