risk

Is the new IPCC report a game changer for adaptation?

Perspective / With the release of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report by Working Group II, SEI researchers from across the globe interpret the report's headlines on adaptation.

Tackling cascading climate risk to meet global adaptation challenge: which countries have the interest, capacity and responsibility to act?

Perspective / Leadership and action on transboundary and cascading climate risks are urgently needed, and the latest analysis shows what this means to climate diplomacy.

Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience

Journal article / The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how hard it is to manage a global crisis. What can we learn from the pandemic to help fight climate change and build resilience?

A framework for analysing cross-border climate change impacts, responses and their propagation

SEI report / A conceptual framework for describing and analyzing cross-border climate change impacts, presented at the EGU General Assembly 2021.

IRDR Working Paper Series (Vol. 3): The state of knowledge on disaster risk

SEI report / This paper provides context, baseline information and a 'state of knowledge' on disaster risk science.

Material Assets Valuation: Estimating Risks and Impacts of Climate Change (MAVERIC)

Project / This project will provide financial actors with a climate risk valuation method for material assets (buildings, land, and land installations).

Science for a secure society: Hydro-climatic hazard, risk, and crisis management in Sweden (CrisAct)

Project / CrisAct aims to provide a comprehensive science-based framework to monitor and manage hydroclimatically driven natural hazard crisis and disaster responses.

Changes of public risk perception in China: 2008–2018

Journal article / A nationally representative longitudinal survey over a decade shows changes in risk acceptance of the Chinese public, based on a psychometric paradigm.

Europe’s cross-border trade, human security and financial connections: A climate risk perspective

Journal article / A large-scale literature and data review to explore the potential climate impact transmission pathways between the EU and other world regions.