Hazard

Event

Disaster

Hydro-meteorological Hazard

Geophysical Hazard

Disaster Risk Equation

Risk

Vulnerability

Capacity to Cope

Magnitude

Frequency

El Niño

La Niña

ENSO

Population

Urbanisation

Land degradation/deforestation

Volcano

Active Volcano

Dormant Volcano

Extinct Volcano

Earthquake

Epicentre

Focus

Plate Tectonics

Constructive Boundary

Destructive Margin

Subduction Zone

Conservative margin

Oceanic Plate

Continental Plate

Continental Drift

Tsunami

Landslide

Avalanche

Flood

Monsoon

Hurricane/Cyclone

Drought

Inter-tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

Disaster Hotspot

Context Hazard

Chronic Hazard

Climate Change

Greenhouse Effect

Enhanced Greenhouse effect

Global Warming

Greenhouse gas

Fossil Fuel

Little Ice Age

Medieval Warm Period

Thermal Expansion

Milankovitch cycles

Interglacial Period

Glacial Period

Sunspot

Albedo

Climate Forcing

Feedback Mechanism

Global Dimming

Anthropogenic cause

Ice Core

Tree Rings

Proxy Records

Eustatic Change

Isostatic Change

Tipping Point

Thermohaline Circulation System/Ocean Conveyor Belt

Carbon Sinks

Environmental Refugees

Ecosystem

Habitat

Permafrost

Tundra

Tree line

Boreal Forest

Indigenous People

Carbon Cycle

Desertification

Vector-borne Disease

Water-borne Disease

Food Security

Cash Crop

Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)

Adaptation

Mitigation

Carbon Footprint

International treaty - Kyoto Protocol

Sustainable Development

Renewable Energy

Conservatism

Biofuels

Adaptive Capacity

Climate Vulnerability