Risk management alone fails to limit the impact of extreme climate events

Beth Tellman () and Hallie Eakin ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 608, issue 7921, 41-43

Abstract: An analysis of floods or droughts that hit the same place twice shows that using risk management alone does not reduce the effect of extreme events. Addressing the social drivers of hazard impact, equitably, is essential.

Keywords: Climate change; Climate sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-02031-0

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