Webinar: Tracking Climate Change Effects in the Canadian Forest
Watch this webinar to learn about two products of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Forest Change Project which aim to increase awareness of on-going climate-induced changes and inform decision-making around the adaptation of the forest sector.
Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region using a common framework
This article explains a first-of-its kind mapping and capacity building initiative on climate vulnerability and risk assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region using a common framework
Applying the IPCC 2014 framework for hazard-specific vulnerability assessment
This paper compares the framework of the IPCC AR4 (2007) to that outlined in IPCC AR5 (2014) and describes how the AR5 framework provides a more contextualised and operationalisable approach.
The Food Insecurity and Climate Change Vulnerability Index
The Food Insecurity and Climate Change Vulnerability Index offers a window on our global future up to the 2080s, looking at how climate change may affect future vulnerability to food insecurity.
Elements of a frame of reference for evaluating adaptation to climate change
This document proposes a frame of reference for the evaluation of adaptation, and its application in 2 sectors: forestry and the built environment and infrastructure.
SREX
This report presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).
Community Driven Vulnerability Evaluation
This handbook provides a detailed road-map with clear instructions on applying the CoDriVE-PD framework for designing projects to include evaluation of vulnerability to climate change.
Typology of smallholder vulnerability to weather extremes
Smallholder livelihoods in the Peruvian Altiplano are frequently threatened by weather extremes, includingdroughts, frosts and heavy rainfall. Given the persistence of significant...
Socio-economic indicators of vulnerability to climate hazards in Nepal
This work on socio-economic indices was supporting research for the larger ACCCA project managed by UNITAR, which aimed to increase capacity to adapt to climate change in Nepal.
Developing quantitative indices for Nepal
In the next steps quantitative indicators of vulnerability are developed by linking to the qualitative concerns revealed in the exposure matrix. As shown in Table 2 the aim is to link the...
Vulnerability indices
There is wide scope for the understanding of vulnerability. The complexity of mathematically expressing it largely explains why it is not feasible to define/agree on a single vulnerability measure.
Sample of existing vulnerability indices
Overview of national level vulnerability indicators
Vulnerability of the elderly to climate change in Northern Europe
This case study aims to explore alternative approaches for describing and mapping vulnerability of the elderly to future changes in extreme weather events across the Nordic region.
Indicators for assessing the vulnerability of Ujung Kulon National Park
The highly endangered Javan rhino. Photo courtesy Ujung Kulon National Park and WWF. National Geographic.
Climate change will increase the pressure on the park’s...
Integrated Coastal Management for Adaptation
NCAP Colombia evaluates the vulnerability of key economic sectors to climate change effects in the coastal area and identifies strategies to build capacity to cope with potential SLR-...
