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© Crown Copyright 2023, Met Office © Crown Copyright 2020, Met Office Back Home Defining: Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability In the context of climate change, your risk is a combination of hazard, vulnerability and exposure • Hazards come from weather and climate, e.g. extreme heat, heavy rainfall

concrete problems in their everyday life and with uncertainties in their future, the most pressing research questions arise out of necessity….” Dr Conni Klein, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology6 from AMMA-2050 (Future Climate for Africa project) “I had never thought that I would come across Tanzania

services. 7. Consider sustainability 1. Sustain improved levels of service to meet increased demand Lesson 1 Improved climate services and products come with increased user demands that need to be sustained beyond project timeframes. Projects should target strategic gaps in services and capacity

www.metoffice.gov.uk 29 Working together on UK Climate Projections © Crown Copyright 2026, Met Office © Crown Copyright 2020, Met Office Back Home Defining: Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability In the context of climate change, your risk is a combination of hazard, vulnerability and exposure • Hazards come from weather

be obtainabed from global platforms (including geospatial) and national level databases, such as national statistics and disaster risk management agencies. Local organisations, such as district office and municipal town halls, can help identify and access subnational and local level databases. However

of the services provided. The overall value can be expected to be many times more than this figure – in marked contract to the PWS budget of £83m. Just as important as the financial benefit however, the Met Office additionally provides a service of invaluable proportions when it comes to issues

total precipitation (mm/year; left panel) and annual mean temperature (°C; right panel). Temperature and precipitation data come from the ERA5 and CHIRPS reanalysis datasets respectively. The climate in context assessment at the zone scale includes this bespoke zonal data analysis, supplemented

below. 2.1 Characteristics of hazard information Forecast information comes in many forms, from raw data to qualitative statements such as bulletins from national meteorological services. 3 FbA mechanisms typically require quantitative information to define objective triggers for decision-making

anticlockwise round a depression, and clockwise round an anticyclone; the converse is true in the southern hemisphere. Isobars (lines of equal atmospheric pressure) The lines shown on a weather map are isobars — they join points of equal atmospheric pressure. The term isobar comes from the Greek

, it does not account for non-binary or intersex people, or trans people without a Gender Recognition Certificate. To ensure that we meet our legal obligations, this report will use language consistent with the legislation i.e. female/ male or women/men. The data used for the calculations comes from