This document provides information on key concepts related to understanding disasters and climate change including:
- Definitions of hazard, vulnerability, capacity, exposure, disaster risk, and disaster.
- Examples of different types of hazards and factors that influence vulnerability.
- An overview of how climate change can increase certain hazards like extreme weather events and sea level rise.
- The relationship between climate change, adaptation, and mitigation.
- Various impacts of climate change on sectors like water resources, agriculture, and human health.