Real-world experience underscores the complexity of interactions among multiple drivers of
climate change risk and of how multiple risks compound or cascade. However, a holistic …

Abstract The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) identifies key risks in a changing climate
to inform judgments about danger from climate change and to empower responses. In this …

Climate change risk assessment involves formal analysis of the consequences, likelihoods
and responses to the impacts of climate change and the options for addressing these under …

The risks of climate change are enormous, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions to
billions of people. The economic consequences of many of the complex risks associated …

This chapter assesses climate-related risks in the context of Article 2 of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).{Box 19.1} Such risks arise from the …

Accelerating global climate change drives new climate risks. People around the world are
researching, designing, and implementing strategies to manage these risks. Identifying and …

The scientific community is developing new global, regional, and sectoral scenarios to
facilitate interdisciplinary research and assessment to explore the range of possible future …

Shifting from effect-oriented toward cause-oriented and systemic approaches in sustainable
climate change adaptation requires a solid understanding of the climate-related and societal …

As the emphasis in climate change research, international negotiations, and developing‐
country activities has shifted from mitigation to adaptation, vulnerability has emerged as a …

Understanding climate risk is crucial for effective adaptation action, and a number of
assessment methodologies have emerged. We argue that the dynamics of the individual …