Risk Layers Overview
Plain-language fact sheets for every geospatial layer used in Darwin nature-risk screening, organised by the full risk taxonomy.
Risk Layers
Darwin's nature-risk screening draws on 104 geospatial map layers, organised by the platform's risk taxonomy (sourced live from darwin/layers on develop). Each fact sheet states whether the layer is used in risk analysis, and—where it is—its proximity and activity triggers, legend, source, and comparison with the WWF Risk Filter Suite.
Physical risks (47)
Provisioning services (4)
Water availability (4)
- Drought risk (Aqueduct 4.0)
- Water Stress (Aqueduct 4.0)
- Water Stress 2030 (Aqueduct 4.0)
- Water Stress 2050 (Aqueduct 4.0)
Enabling services (7)
- PM2.5 Air Pollution Risk (IPCC CMIP6)
- PM2.5 Air Pollution Risk 2050 (IPCC CMIP6)
- Pollination Deficit (Chaplin-Kramer)
Air condition (1)
Soil condition (1)
Water condition (2)
Mitigating services (35)
Climate Acute Risks (14)
- Coastal flood depth (Deltares + WRI Aqueduct, combined)
- Coastal flood risk (Aqueduct 3.0)
- Extreme Heat Risk (IPCC CMIP6)
- Extreme Heat Risk 2050 (France, DRIAS)
- Extreme Precipitation Risk (IPCC CMIP6)
- Extreme Precipitation Risk 2050 (France, DRIAS)
- Fire Weather Risk 2050 (France, DRIAS)
- Flood depth — 10-year return, present climate (GIRI)
- Hailstorm Climatology
- Marine Flooding Risk (France, BRGM)
- Riverine Flood risk (Aqueduct 3.0)
- Surface Wind Risk (IPCC CMIP6)
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Hazard (c.2070)
- Wildfire Hazard (NASA FIRMS NOAA-21)
Climate Chronic Risks (14)
1981-2010 (7)
- Annual mean temperature — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Annual precipitation — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Max temperature of warmest month — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Min temperature of coldest month — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation of driest month — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation of wettest month — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation seasonality (CV) — 1981-2010 (CHELSA)
2071-2100 (7)
- Annual mean temperature — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Annual precipitation — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Max temperature of warmest month — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Min temperature of coldest month — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation of driest month — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation of wettest month — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
- Precipitation seasonality (CV) — SSP3-7.0 2071-2100 (CHELSA)
Geological (5)
- Clay shrink-swell risk (global)
- Clay Swelling and Shrinking Risk (France)
- Landslide susceptibility (global, NASA)
- Seismic Hazard (GSHAP PGA, 475-yr return)
- Subsidence susceptibility (global, Herrera GSS)
Biological hazards (2)
- Herbicide resistance risk (global, Heap 2021)
- Zoonotic disease spillover risk (global, Allen et al. 2017)
Cultural services (1)
Transition risks (46)
Sensitive areas (34)
Protected areas (15)
- Bangladesh Forests and Parks
- Europe Protected Areas
- India Protected Areas
- Natura 2000
- Protected Areas (Brazil)
- Protected Areas (Colombia)
- Protected Areas (Costa Rica)
- Protected Areas (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Protected Areas (Kazakhstan)
- Protected Areas (Madagascar)
- Protected Areas (New Caledonia)
- Ramsar
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites (with buffer)
- US Protected Areas
High integrity areas (4)
- Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Ecosystem Integrity Index (EII)
- Intact forest landscape 2021 (GFW)
- Seed Biocomplexity Index
Critical areas (12)
SRCE (France) (5)
WWF G200 (3)
ZNIEFF (2)
Endangered species habitats (2)
Ecosystem use (2)
Overexploitation (3)
Pollution (5)
- Air pollutant emissions risk (global, EDGARv8.1 2022)
- Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Risk Map (2023)
- Pesticide Use Risk Map (2023)
Disturbance (1)
Plastics (1)
Invasive Species (2)
Scenario (10)
- Ecoregion Shock SSP1
- Ecoregion Shock SSP5
- MSA Shock SSP1
- MSA Shock SSP5
- PM25_shock_ssp1
- PM25_shock_ssp5
- Soil Organic Carbon shock (SSP1-2.6)
- Soil Organic Carbon shock (SSP5-8.5)
- Water stress shock (SSP1)
- Water stress shock (SSP5)
Accounting (1)
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