GOOD PRACTICES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT - SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

Climate change risk assessments can form the basis of and inform adaptation strategies by providing a location-specific understanding of climate impacts and the risks they pose. [...] Climate change risk assessments are an integral part of any climate change adaptation effort as they offer a framework to identify, understand, and prioritize climate change risks; to ultimately support the selection of adaptation responses to reduce the identified risks. [...] 2 USING RISK ASSESSMENT TO INFORM DECISION-MAKING Climate change risk assessments can support a variety of decisions or organizational processes.  ADAPTATION STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT Risk assessments provide crucial information that acts as the building blocks or foundation for the development of adaptation strategies in response to the identified and prioritized climate risks. [...] 3 SIX QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER BEFORE STARTING A CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT 1 WHAT IS THE GOAL OF WHAT DATA WILL BETHE RISK ASSESSMENT? 4 USED? There may be one or several reasons for Various data and information can be used and pursuing a climate change risk assessment. [...] 3 WHAT IS THE SCALE ANDFOCUS AREA? HOW WILL RISK BE Is a risk assessment intended to analyze a 6 MEASURED OVER TIME? single piece of infrastructure or all infrastructure assets? Scale can also refer to Climate change is not a linear process, and risks geographic scale of assessment – is this a will evolve and change over time.