Decision-makers are increasingly required to address climate hazards related to extreme weather events when considering, disclosing, and acting to mitigate complex risks. An interdisciplinary approach is required to increase understanding and forge possible adaptation and mitigation solutions. In this session we address extreme weather events and their changes with an interdisciplinary lens. These events may include temperature, precipitation, wind, and compound extremes, and their impacts on humans, the built environment, or the natural world. We welcome contributions from interdisciplinary teams as well as those seeking to connect with such teams. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- early warning systems and their evaluation
- physical climate science knowledge gaps that affect decision making
- risk management in the financial and insurance sectors
- impact-based forecasting of weather extremes
- cross-boundary and trans-lateral effects
- assessment of dynamically varying vulnerabilities
- data-driven approaches using machine learning, and
- storyline approaches to risk understanding.
The focus of this session is on interdisciplinary approaches to translating physical science into decision-relevant information.
Nicole van Maanen