CDRA QUIZ

a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage

• disaster

• weather

• hazard

• risk

the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes

• severity of consequence

• exposure

• sensitivity

• vulnerability

refers to the people, property, systems, or other elements present in hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential losses

• vulnerability

• exposure

• sensitivity

• risk

degree to which a system is affected, either adversely or beneficially, by Climate-Related stimuli

• vulnerability

• exposure

• sensitivity

• adaptive capacity

the ability of system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences

• sensitivity

• vulnerability

• severity of consequence

• adaptive capacity

the estimated period of time expressed in years, that a hazard of a certain magnitude is likely to repeat itself

• exposure

• likelihood of occurrence

• severity of consequence

• vulnerability

a measure of the degree of impact, such as injury, death, damage, interruption brought to the sector of concern

• likelihood of occurence

• risk

• severity of consequence

• hazard

probability of occurrence of hazardous events or trends multiplied by the impacts if these events or trends will occur

• risk

• disaster

• hazard

• exposure

a general representation of how a given climate stimulus propagates through a system of interest via direct and indirect impact

• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

• Climate Change Risk Assessment

• Climate Impact Chain

• Exposure Database

provides baseline information pertaining to the elements at risk

• CDRA

• Exposure Database

• CCVA

• DRA