Climate risk assessment needs urgent improvement

Alberto Arribas; Ross Fairgrieve; Trevor Dhu; Juliet Bell; Rosalind Cornforth; Geoff Gooley; Chris J. Hilson; Amy Luers; Theodore G. Shepherd; Roger Street; Nick Wood

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31979-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Climate risk assessment needs urgent improvement

Alberto Arribas,
Ross Fairgrieve,
Trevor Dhu,
Juliet Bell,
Rosalind Cornforth,
Geoff Gooley,
Chris J. Hilson,
Amy Luers,
Theodore G. Shepherd,
Roger Street,
Nick Wood

Affiliations

Alberto Arribas: Microsoft
Ross Fairgrieve: Walker Institute, University of Reading
Trevor Dhu: Microsoft
Juliet Bell: CSIRO
Rosalind Cornforth: Walker Institute, University of Reading
Geoff Gooley: CSIRO
Chris J. Hilson: Centre for Climate and Justice, University of Reading
Amy Luers: Microsoft
Theodore G. Shepherd: Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
Roger Street: Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Nick Wood: Climate Policy Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31979-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Climate risk assessments are a key tool in planning for climate change impacts. This commentary examines the current underlying problems with them and puts forward a framework to provide solutions to improve their effectiveness.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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