Editorial Introduction to the Topical Collection: Accrual of Climate Change Risk in Six Vulnerable Countries

Abstract

Climate change risk assessment is a major topic of current research, with an increasing number of publications appearing annually that project changes in indicators of climate risk to particular sectors of the economy or elements of the natural world, at a wide range of scales ranging from global to local. The increase in risk-related research is also aligned with the need created by the Paris Agreement (PA) (UNFCCC 2015), which aims to constrain global temperature rise to ‘well below 2 °C’ and to ‘pursue efforts’ to limit this warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted the need for more research aligned to the PA and the related risks in its Special Report on the 1.5 °C of global warming (IPCC 2018).