The concept of risk, which combines the magnitude of the impact with the probability of its occurrence, captures uncertainty in the underlying processes of climate change, exposure, sensitivity and adaptation. (ipcc.ch)
The long, slow process of climate change may trigger «surprise» shifts that could threaten human communities in years or decades, researchers from the National Academy of Sciences warned Tuesday. (edition.cnn.com)
Furthermore, the United States has recently committed to a long - term «sustained» process of climate change assessment over multiple NCA cycles (USGCRP 2012, Buizer et al 2015), with a new Federal Advisory Committee dedicated to this sustained process11. (environmentalresearchweb.org)