This session investigates the interaction between human-made interventions in nature and social systems, and how reliance on technology is intertwined with current and future climate hazards. While technology is meant to make the environment liveable, it can also obscure exposure to climate hazards and as such increase vulnerability. We aim to discuss risks and impacts in domains such as health, ecosystems, the built environment, financial and economic systems, as well as possible risk management and resilience practices.

Reliance on technologies to create amenable conditions and expand the human climate niche may amplify risk because these technologies can fail. In addition, the increasing engineeredness of our environment creates a general sense of control and security, which reduces awareness of and preparedness for unexpected events and circumstances.

We invite contributions that explore the effects of socio-technological interactions under changing climate hazards on risk perception, risk, and impacts. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: natural hazards; compounding and systemic risks; adaptation technologies; the Anthropocene. Methods of interest include, but are not limited to: modelling; case studies; event, impact, and damage attribution; climate and adaptation storylines; interviews and participatory research; and policy analysis. Presentations from all subject areas – physical sciences, geography, social sciences, and the humanities – are welcome.