The ambiguity in IPCC’s risk diagram raises explanatory challenges

Sven Fuchs (), Konstantinos Karagiorgos, Margreth Keiler, Maria Papathoma-Köhle and Lars Nyberg
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Sven Fuchs: BOKU University
Konstantinos Karagiorgos: Karlstad University
Margreth Keiler: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Maria Papathoma-Köhle: BOKU University
Lars Nyberg: Karlstad University

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2024, vol. 120, issue 13, No 42, 12559-12564

Abstract: Abstract The concept of risk remains a key aspect in the recently published 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC risk diagram shows risk as a function of three elements: hazard, exposure and vulnerability. While this relationship is undisputed, simply superimposing the individual risk factors as presented in the IPCC diagram does not do justice to the underlying definitions of the terms. This diagram can thus confuse more than it clarifies and, we argue, should be reconsidered.

Keywords: IPCC; Risk; Risk diagram; Hazard; Exposure; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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