Author: Thorne, J.H. et al.
Year of publication: 2016
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Report
Details: Publication of results in form of a scientific report
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: State level decision makers
Details: Elaborated for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Scientific report including maps, tables and text
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North America
Potential geographic coverage: Location specific data is needed as input
Sectors covered: Biodiversity
Details: Natural resources (vegetation)
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: Ranking of terristrial macrogroups according to their climatic vulnerability including estimates of sensitivity, adaptive capacity, climate exposure and expected shifts
Risk framework used: AR4
Risk components incorporated: Hazard, exposure, sensitivity
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Changing precipitation patterns, Changing temperature patterns
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Two GCM which are downscaled and hydroclimatic model; literature on vegetation patterns and characteristics
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Details: As far as models take them into account
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: Only uncertainty in vegetation characteristics is adressed explicitly
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options, priorization of adaptation options, identification of limits to adaptation
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Non-Economic
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: EWE are usually not well represented in general models
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: Should be used as committed by official authority
Applied by whom: University of California, Davis
Open access: Yes