Author:Engelbrecht, FA; Monteiro, Pedro MSDate:Nov 2021The release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report Six (AR6) Working Group I (WG1) report in August 2021 brought to completion what is arguably the most thorough and scrutinised assessment of climate knowledge ...Read more
Author:Vincent, K; Cull, T; Davis, C; Archer, Emma RMDate:Nov 2011In this chapter, the terms hazard exposure, sensitivity (or biophysical vulnerability), adaptive capacity (or its opposite - social vulnerability) and risk are introduced (see Box 4.1 for key definitions). Whether or not climate change is ...Read more