Author: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Year of publication: 2020
Available languages: English, German
Type of assessment: Comprehensive Impact and adaptation assessment
Details: Climate impact and vulnerability assessement, evaluation of adaptation strategies
Format of assessment: Report
Details: Report, Summary for policy makers, supplementary material, scientific articles
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: 6 months to 1 year
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: National, district and supranational level
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: National, regional, local decision makers, national research institutes, public sector, extension agencies
Output: Report
Details: Climate risk Analysis Report, summary for policy makers, factsheets, films
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Africa
Details: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Water sector
Details: Livestock
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Climate modelling, crop modelling, literature review, multi-criteria analysis, vulnerability assessment
Risk framework used: AR5
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, sensitivity, exposure, adaptive capacity, hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Changing precipitation patterns, Changing temperature patterns, Drought
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: ISIMIP projections, remote sensing data, household data, literature review, census data, yield data
Temporal scale: All
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Stakeholder engagement through workshops, interviews
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Details: Full impact chain considered
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Details: Uncertainty of the applied models considered
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: Both
Details: Strong focus on economic loss, which is incorporated through cost-benefit analysis of adaptation options. Non-economic loss is only mentioned but not explicitly focussed on
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Applicable for respective sectors
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Details: Multi-criteria evaluation of adaptation strategies (cost-effectiveness, risk mitigation potential, co-benefits)
Usefulness for political purposes: It seeks to support evidence-based adaptation and NDC investment planning
Applied by whom: PIK in collaboration with GIZ and national institutions
Open access: Yes