How to stop being surprised by unprecedented weather
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We see unprecedented weather causing widespread impacts across the world. In this perspective, we provide an overview of methods that help anticipate unprecedented weather hazards that can contribute to stop being surprised. We then discuss disaster management and climate adaptation practices, their gaps, and how the methods to anticipate unprecedented weather may help build resilience. We stimulate thinking about transformative adaptation as a foundation for long-term resilience to unprecedented weather, supported by incremental adaptation through upgrading existing infrastructure, and reactive adaptation through short-term early action and disaster response. Because in the end, we should take responsibility to build resilience rather than being surprised by unprecedented weather.
Authors: Kelder, Timo, Heinrich, Dorothy, Klok, Lisette, Thompson, Vikki, Goulart, Henrique M.D., Hawkins, Ed, Slater, Louise J., Suarez-Gutierrez, Laura, Wilby, Robert L., Coughlan de Perez, Erin, Stephens, Elisabeth M., Burt, Stephen, van den Hurk, Bart, de Vries, Hylke, van der Wiel, Karin, Schipper, E. Lisa F., Carmona Baéz, Antonio, van Bueren, Ellen, Fischer, Erich M.
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6947501073
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