Assess climate risk
Climate risk assessments identify the likelihood of current and future climate hazards and their impacts. For an assessment to be done, up to date data on current and projected future climate related hazards and vulnerabilities is needed, which needs to be collected and maintained. These risk assessments need to be prepared in collaboration with other assessments of risks related to disasters and sustainable development. The risk assessments need to be a living document involving the relevant decision-makers, who also need to become aware and understand the risks and how they are best addressed.
Why?
Assessing risks can inform current and future investment decisions and prioritization of climate action.
How?
Before beginning a risk assessment, the organization in charge need to establish goals and aims of the assessment, carry out a stakeholder analysis, as well as make a review of existing resources and data.
Risk assessments can be done at various levels; national, regional and local, and for different sectors and organizations. Several overviews exist of how to carry out a climate risk assessment.
- C40 Climate risk assessment methodology
- An Introduction to Climate Risk Assessment by EuropeAid, European Commission
Cities are encouraged to publish their Climate Change Risk Assessment. The primary public reporting platform for cities is the CDP Cities, States and Regions Open Data Portal.
See below for examples and inspiration.
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Assessing risk at transboundary level
Assessing climate risks at national level
Assessing climate risks at regional level
Assessing climate risks at urban level
- Accra - Climate Risk Assessment and Institutional Scoping (GCA activity)
- Antananarivo, Madagascar; Rapid Climate Risk Assessment (GCA activity)
- Bizerte, Tunisia; Rapid Climate Risk Assessment (GCA activity)
- Conakry, Guinea; Rapid Climate Risk Assessment (GCA activity)
- Dodoma, Tanzania; Rapid Climate Risk Assessment (GCA activity)
- Libreville, Gabon – Rapid Climate Risk Assessment (GCA activity)