Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best Practices
Approaches to Risk assessment
•Community level approaches
•National Approaches
•International Approaches
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Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
Approaches to Risk assessment: Community level approaches
In Tajikistan these include:
•OxFam
•ACTED
•GIZ
•Camp Khuriston
•Caritas
•FOCUS Humanitarian
Tools include:
MecoRat (Mission East, Caritas, Oxfam)
ACTED Maps
ADB TA 7599-TAJ Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments
Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
Community level approaches
Strengths:
•Based on working with local people
•Develop local capacity
•Often comprehensive approach to identifying & evaluating risks
•Sensitive to gender and special needs
•End – to – End approach: from hazard to resilience
•Embrace development as a risk mitigation strategy
Limitations
•May be time consuming
•May not be replicable at all scales
•May focus on a few hazards
•May generate expectations
ADB TA 7599-TAJ Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments
Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
National level approaches
CoES / UNDP “Guidelines on Regional Disaster Risk Assessment
for the Territory of Tajikistan” 2011
•designed for use by Govt., NGOs and INGOs for natural risk
assessment and analysis at the regional level for disaster
prevention and mitigation and also development planning
•Sets out a detailed technical process for identifying and
assessing hazards and risks
ADB TA 7599-TAJ Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments
Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
CoES / UNDP “Guidelines on Regional Disaster Risk Assessment for
the Territory of Tajikistan” 2011
Strengths
•Strong consultative process
•Developed with local and international expertise & with CoES
partnership
•Systematic process
Limitations
•Technical approach
•Not clearly linked with development
ADB TA 7599-TAJ Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments
ADB TA7599 TAJ Climate Resilience for Natural Resources Investments
Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
International approaches
IPCC: Schneider et al “Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from
climate change” 2007
IPCC: Carter et al “Technical Guidelines for Assess Climate Change
Impacts and Adaptations” 1994
UNFCC: Pinto et al “Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate
impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change” 2008
World Bank: “Guidance Notes: Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Projects” nd
USAID: “Adapting To Climate Variability And Change : A Guidance Manual
For Development Planning” 2007
IDS
SEI… and many more
others
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Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments
ADB TA7599 TAJ Climate Resilience for Natural Resources Investments
Climate Risk Assessment Methodology
Best practices
International approaches
Strengths
• Comprehensive approach
• Use a variety of methods
• Provide useful strategic and policy advice
Limitations
• Many different (but technically similar) methods
• May be time consuming and expensive to conduct
• Apply at different scales so harmonisation may be difficult
ADB TA 7599-TAJ Climate Resiliency for Natural Resources Investments