FORM 3
CEDRA Assessment template
How to fill in the CEDRA Assessment
The blank assessment on the following pages is provided for your use. You may
want to add or remove rows / columns or change column headings to suit your
way of working. The notes below are provided to give you guidance on how to
complete the different parts of the table. You can also follow the exercises
contained in CEDRA Steps 1 to 5 to help you complete the table. Examples of
completed parts of an Assessment are provided on pages 31, 41, 48, 59 and 60,
and further examples can be found on our website at:
www.tearfund.org/CEDRA/ExampleAssessments
Part 1a
Background information – Science
Write here a summary of the conclusions of your scientific and other stakeholder
research. Include references to where you found this information so it can be
regularly updated.
Part 1b
Background information – Community experiences
Write here a summary of what the representative communities you consulted
told you about their experiences of climate and environmental change and how
they say they have coped, adapted or not coped with these impacts.
Record whether community experience and coping mechanisms agree with
scientists and local/ national government records and advice.
Include references to which communities told you which information, and where
you have kept your records of community interviews and participatory
assessment tools such as maps, timelines and seasonal calendars.
Part 2
Project risk assessment
COLUMN A – LOCATIONS OR SECTORS Write down every distinct location
where you currently work, on a separate row. Or, if you prefer, you can list
sectors in this column rather than locations.
COLUMN B – PROJECTS Write down the names of each type of project that you
currently implement against each of the locations where you work. Write each
project on a new row. If you have listed sectors in Column A, you can list the
projects within each sector in Column B.
COLUMN C – CLIMATE CHANGE AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
IMPACTS
Write down all the different climate or environmental impacts you can think of in
this column, against each project and location. You can add more rows to add
more impacts. You can record what communities and external stakeholders
have told you. You can also consult the Impacts and Options Checklist in the
pocket at the back of the CEDRA book.
You are likely to find that you write down many of the same impacts for several
locations and projects. That is to be expected.
COLUMN D – SIGNIFICANCE (HOW BIG THE IMPACT ON THE PROJECT WILL BE)
Write a number between 1 (low) and 4 (high) to indicate the significance of each
impact in Column C.
COLUMN E – LIKELIHOOD (HOW LIKELY THE IMPACT IS TO HAPPEN) Write a
number between 1 (low) and 4 (high) to indicate the likelihood of each impact in
Column C.
COLUMN F – RISK Multiply the two numbers in Columns D and E and write the
result in Column F to indicate the risk of each impact in Column C.
COLUMN G – ADAPTATION OPTIONS At this stage, write down every single
possible adaptation option you can think of that might strengthen projects and
communities. There are no right or wrong answers yet. You will prioritise and
reduce this list later.
Really good adaptation options are those that help you adapt to multiple
impacts, or those that are low cost, familiar, easy to implement and readily
acceptable to local communities. However, sometimes we have to find new,
unfamiliar solutions.
Part 3
New projects
CEDRA is primarily concerned with helping local development agencies review
their existing projects and ensure they are strong enough to cope with existing
and future climate and environmental change. However, you will identify new
impacts and adaptation options during your CEDRA Assessment. You should
record here any new projects you are recommending to your agency or network
that you would like to undertake in the future – bearing in mind, of course, that
you may need to fundraise to be able to implement these activities.
You can also record here if you have made any decisions to move any of your
existing work to new locations if, for example, you have identified more
vulnerable communities during your CEDRA research and Assessment.
Even though you have decided to implement new projects in response to climate
change and environmental degradation impacts, you should still review whether
these new projects will be affected by other impacts or need strengthening.
CEDRA Assessment PART 1a: Background information – Science
Findings
CEDRA ASSESSMENT PART 1b: Background information – Community experiences
Locations
Findings
CEDRA ASSESSMENT PART 2: Project risk assessment
Sig = Significance of impact: (4= high; 1= low) Lik= Likelihood of impact: (4= high; 1= low) Rsk= Risk = Significance X Likelihood
(Multiply figures D and E)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Locations
or sectors
Projects
(by sector)
Climate and
environmental impacts
Sig
Lik
Rsk
Possible adaptation options to
strengthen projects and
communities
CEDRA ASSESSMENT PART 3: New projects
Sig = Significance of impact: (4= high; 1= low) Lik= Likelihood of impact: (4= high; 1= low) Rsk= Risk = Significance X Likelihood
(Multiply figures D and E)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Locations
or sectors
Projects
(by sector)
Climate and
environmental impacts
Sig
Lik
Rsk
Possible adaptation options to
strengthen projects and
communities