Open AccessExamining Risks, Extreme Events, and Abrupt Changes
Author(s) -
Hargreaves Julia,
Keller Klaus,
Edwards Tamsin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo320007
Subject(s) - climate change , government (linguistics) , climatology , geography , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , environmental science , business , geology , oceanography , philosophy , linguistics
Climate change research in Japan has shifted focus significantly in the past 2 years, with a greater emphasis on risks, extreme events, and abrupt changes. Two new national government‐funded 5‐year projects, Integrated Climate Assessment—Risks, Uncertainty and Society (ICA‐RUS) and Program for Risk Information on Climate Change (SOUSEI) will focus on climate‐induced risks and hazards and the possibility of fast climate changes. In light of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and consequent nuclear accident that occurred 2 years ago in Japan, there is also an increased interest in looking again at risks previously thought to be highly unlikely and in searching for potential risks that have not been considered.