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. 2022 Jun 12;194(7):495. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10074-z

Table 2.

Feature system of climate change risks

Primary risk feature Secondary risk feature Embodiment of risk feature
Ecosystem and sustainability

• Global warming

• Biodiversity reduction

• Land use out of control

• Extreme weather events

• Agriculture

➢ Sea level rise

➢ Coastal salinization

➢ Lower food productivity

➢ Irregular temperature

➢ Precipitation

➢ Increased forest mortality

➢ Reduction in wetland area

Uncertainty, vulnerability, and efficacy

• Climate fluctuation

• Gap between the rich and the poor

• Poverty alleviation

• Public health

➢ Drought and flood disasters

➢ Unstable river runoff

➢ Reduction of production capacity of enterprises

➢ Unemployment of urban residents

➢ Agricultural production mode

➢ Malaria, dengue fever, and other diseases

Behavior and decision-making

• Risk perception

• Willingness to participate

• Information exchange

• Decision preference

• Risk attitude

➢ Policy makers and stakeholders ignore climate change and its impacts

➢ Lack of understanding of climate change policy and report text

➢ Public does not support climate change policy

Governance and management

• Policy making

• Risk management

• Resilience governance

• Risk assessment

➢ Differences in climate change governance models

➢ Multi-agent participation in climate action

➢ Management organization of climate change

➢ Collection and dissemination of climate information

Adaption and mitigation

• Risk resolution

• Insurance mechanism

• Public welfare protection

➢ Coastal disaster reduction project

➢ Greenhouse gas emission reduction project

➢ Energy saving and emission reduction technology

➢ Catastrophe insurance mechanism

➢ Social security mechanism of disaster