Preface

Summary for Policymakers

Ⅰ. Observed and Future Trends in Climate Extremes and Disasters in China

Ⅱ. Disaster Risk Management Measures in China

Ⅲ.Strategic Options for Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation in China

 Refined Edition

Ⅰ. Climate Extremes and Disaster Risk Management: Background and

 Connotation

 1.1 Theory, policy and practice

 1.2 Climate change and climate extremes

 1.3 Disaster risk management and sustainable development

Ⅱ. Characteristics, Trends, and Causes of Climate Extremes

 2.1 Characteristics of climate extremes in China

 2.2 Changes in climate extremes since the mid-20th century

 2.3 Causes of Changes in Climate Extremes

Ⅲ.Impacts of Climate Extremes and Disasters, and Vulnerability.

 3.1 Impacts of climate extremes and disasters

 3.2 Exposure and vulnerability of regions affected by hazards

 3.3 Typical cases

Ⅳ.Selection of Weather and Climate Disaster Risk Management Practices

 and Strategies

 4.1 National, regional and local climate risk management practices

 4.2 Integrated risk management practices in important economic and

 social fields

 4.3 The achievements and challenges related to weather and climate

 DRM

 4.4 Future trends of climate extremes and related disaster risks

 4.5 Strategic design and options

QIN Dahe编著的《China National Assessment Report on Risk Management and Adaptation of Climate Extremes and Disasters(Refined Edition)》分析了中国极端天气气候事件和灾害的特点，评估了其影响以及灾害风险管理和适应相关问题，反映了国内外在极端天气气候事件和灾害风险管理与适应等方面的最新研究进展和成果，总结并提出了中国灾害风险管理的行动方向和策略选择。目的是增进社会各界应对气候变化与灾害风险管理的认识，以期为各级政府制定相关政策、企业采取行动提供科技支撑，为全社会提升灾害风险防范意识和能力提供基础信息。