BharatNotes Compound Events
Climate-related events that combine multiple hazards simultaneously or sequentially (e.g., drought followed by wildfire, heatwave during a flood) producing impacts greater than individual events would cause.
Context & Background
IPCC AR6 Special Report on Extremes (SREX); increasingly relevant as climate change intensifies overlapping risks.
UPSC Exam Relevance
GS1 climate questions; India examples — Cyclone + coastal flooding + storm surge; heat + humidity (wet-bulb temperature exceeding human tolerance); relevant for NDMA planning.
