CLIMATE HAZARDS

CITY CLIMATE HAZARDS Severe wind (4) (15)

Rain storm (16) (46)

Tornado (4)

Heat wave (1) (7)

Landslide (8) (21)

Fog (49) (51) Avalanche (1)

The City Climate Hazard Taxonomy is the first step in a longer effort led by C40 to enable cities to perform robust and consistent reporting of climate adaption planning and implementation through the Climate Risk and Adaption Framework and Taxonomy (CRAFT).

Heavy snow (1) (12)

Cold wave (1) (6)

Subsidence (1) (10)

Cyclone (Hurricane/Typhoon) (6)

Geophysical 9

Extreme winter conditions (2) (12)

The impacts of climate change are being felt in cities around the world. 98% of C40 cities reported that the anticipated effects of climate change present a significant risk to the city.

For more information, please visit www.c40.org/research

35

Meteorological 155

Electrical storm (10)

Land fire (4) (6)

Drought (41) (44)

Climatological 51

Tropical storm (2) (11)

CLIMATE HAZARDS

233

Extreme hot weather (39) (44)

Extreme cold weather (9)

68

Forest fire (6) (18)

Groundwater flood (6) (15) Air-borne disease (3) (19)

Numbers in brackets identify current and future climate hazards reported by C40 cities in 2015. Current Future (2015) (2040)

Biological Biological 1010 Insect infestation (2) (25)

91

91

Meteorological Biological Climatological Geophysical Hydrological

River flood (9) (34)

Hydrological 100

Vector-borne disease (1) (19)

166

Ocean acidification (11)

Salt water intrusion (4) (18)

Water-borne disease (4) (28) Coastal flood (19) (25)

Storm surge (15) (25)

Flash/surface flood (40) (45)