Climate & Environmental Crisis Taxonomy

Complete event type and subtype reference for Climate & Environmental Crisis

Climate & Environmental Crisis

Category ID: climate Icon: cloud-rain Color: #059669

This category contains 7 event types and 37 subtypes for tracking climate & environmental crisis events.

Special Fields

This category includes the following specialized metadata fields:

Field	Type	Required	Options
hazard_type	string	Yes	6 values (see below)
severity	string	Yes	5 values (see below)
fatalities	integer	No
displaced_persons	integer	No
estimated_damage_usd	float	No
affected_area_km2	float	No

Hazard Type

Field ID: hazard_type
Type: string
Required: Yes

Allowed values:

• Meteorological
• Geophysical
• Hydrological
• Climatological
• Biological
• Industrial/Technological

Severity

Field ID: severity
Type: string
Required: Yes

Allowed values:

• Advisory
• Watch
• Warning
• Emergency
• Catastrophic

Fatalities

Field ID: fatalities
Type: integer
Required: No

Displaced Persons

Field ID: displaced_persons
Type: integer
Required: No

Estimated Damage Usd

Field ID: estimated_damage_usd
Type: float
Required: No

Affected Area Km2

Field ID: affected_area_km2
Type: float
Required: No

Event Type Hierarchy

The Climate & Environmental Crisis category includes the following complete hierarchy:

Natural Disaster

Type ID: natural_disaster
Subtypes: 7

• Earthquake (earthquake)
• Volcanic Eruption (volcanic_eruption)
• Tsunami (tsunami)
• Hurricane Typhoon Cyclone (hurricane_typhoon_cyclone)
• Tornado (tornado)
• Flood (flood)
• Landslide (landslide)

Climate Driven Crisis

Type ID: climate_driven_crisis
Subtypes: 5

• Drought (drought)
• Wildfire (wildfire)
• Extreme Heat Event (extreme_heat_event)
• Glacial Lake Outburst (glacial_lake_outburst)
• Sea Level Inundation (sea_level_inundation)

Environmental Degradation

Type ID: environmental_degradation
Subtypes: 7

• Deforestation (deforestation)
• Desertification (desertification)
• Coral Reef Collapse (coral_reef_collapse)
• Biodiversity Loss Event (biodiversity_loss_event)
• Soil Contamination (soil_contamination)
• Air Pollution Event (air_pollution_event)
• Water Pollution Event (water_pollution_event)

Industrial Environmental Disaster

Type ID: industrial_environmental_disaster
Subtypes: 5

• Oil Spill (oil_spill)
• Chemical Release (chemical_release)
• Nuclear Incident (nuclear_incident)
• Mining Disaster (mining_disaster)
• Dam Failure (dam_failure)

Resource Conflict

Type ID: resource_conflict
Subtypes: 4

• Water Scarcity Dispute (water_scarcity_dispute)
• Land Use Conflict (land_use_conflict)
• Fishing Rights Dispute (fishing_rights_dispute)
• Mining Rights Conflict (mining_rights_conflict)

Climate Policy And Response

Type ID: climate_policy_and_response
Subtypes: 4

• Climate Agreement (climate_agreement)
• Emissions Regulation (emissions_regulation)
• Disaster Relief Deployment (disaster_relief_deployment)
• Environmental Protest (environmental_protest)

Biological Hazard

Type ID: biological_hazard
Subtypes: 5

• Pandemic (pandemic)
• Disease Outbreak (disease_outbreak)
• Epidemic (epidemic)
• Vector Borne Disease Spread (vector_borne_disease_spread)
• Zoonotic Spillover (zoonotic_spillover)

Example API Queries

Get all Climate & Environmental Crisis events

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={"event_category": "climate"}
)
events = response.json()

Get Natural Disaster events

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={
        "event_category": "climate",
        "event_type": "natural_disaster"
    }
)

Conceptual Guidance

Climate events use scientific hazard classification:

• hazard_type follows international standards (Meteorological, Geophysical, etc.)
• severity indicates immediate danger level
• Impact metrics: fatalities, displaced_persons, estimated_damage_usd

Natural Disaster vs Climate Driven Crisis: Acute events vs slow-onset phenomena.

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