Climate hazards

  • A physical process or event resulting from climate change that cause negative
         impacts on people, their assets and their livelihoods, e.g.
  • Climate signals, e.g. heavy rain, change in monsoon patterns, temperature
         increase
  • Direct physical impacts of climate signals on geo-physical systems, e.g. flood,
         drought, sea level rise
  • India is particularly exposed to climate hazards, e.g. flooding (rivers and coasts),
         landslide, cyclones, water scarcity, extreme heat and wildfire (for more
         information see module 1).