Figure 1.
The chart shows the climate risk spectrum arranged in a semi-circle with the label climate risk spectrum at the centre. On the left side are extreme weather events, including flooding, storm or cyclone, extreme rainfall, drought, and heatwave. At the centre are increasing temperatures, followed by slow onset events on the right side, including land and forest degradation, salinisation, ocean acidification, glacial retreat, loss of biodiversity, desertification, and sea level rise.GIZ’s climate risk spectrum.
Note(s): The project deals with increasing temperatures in the middle of the climate risk spectrum and heatwaves slightly to the left (EWE), focusing on the record-breaking Northern Hemisphere summer and worldwide year. In GIZ (2021) (Link to giz.deLink to a PDF of the cited article.)
Source(s): © Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Global Programme on Risk Assessment and Management for Adaptation to Climate Change (Loss and Damage)