Climate Change and Extreme Weather Disaster Risks

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change has led to a surge in extreme weather events, with these including hurricanes, floods, droughts, and heatwaves. These disasters have increased in frequency, intensity, and prevalence, resulting in significant human and economic losses. For this reason, exploring the relationship between climate change and the risk of extreme disaster is crucial for both the comprehension of underlying dynamics and the development of effective mitigation and adaptation strategies.

We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue on Climate Change and Extreme Weather Disaster Risks will be hosted by the open-access journal Atmosphere and published in the fall of 2024. The goal of establishing this Special Issue is to broaden the understanding of extreme climate disaster risks that result from climate change, reduce subsequent losses from extreme weather events, and forecast future changes in extreme climate disaster risks.

In this Special Issue, original research, systematic reviews, and model studies related to the themes of climate change and extreme disaster risks are welcome. Example topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The global/regional assessment of extreme disaster risks;
• The characterization and attribution of extreme disaster changes;
• The early warning and management of extreme disasters;
• The analysis of compound extreme disaster co-occurrence risks.

Dr. Jie Zhang
Dr. Wenli Lai
Dr. Pengtao Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• climatic extreme events
• risk attribution
• simulation of hydrothermal processes
• projections of future scenarios
• ecosystem response
• disaster co-occurrence risk