Author: Inter American Development Bank (IDB) - Environmental Safeguards Unit
Year of publication: 2016
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Guideline
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Multiple actors
Details: Individuals who may need to develop disaster and climate change risk assessments for specific public or private sector investments and those who need to evaluate/review such risk assessments performed in support of environmental impact documentation
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: Scale of use varies depending on the scale of the investment project analysed. Broadest scale encompasses region of the Caribbean
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Private sector representatives/SME owners
Details: Has been developed to assess risks to IDB projects, it is stated that it could be applied to a broad variety of projects
Output: Report
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: No information
Geographic coverage in analysis: Caribbean Islands
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Fishery, Financial sector, Forestry, Commercial sector, Infrastructure, Water sector, Toursim sector
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Utilises different open source methods in combination, depending on the extent of the assessment
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Details: Basic risk assessment methodology refers to AR4 whereas detailed assessment uses insurance's risk assessment methodology
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: Sources for secondary data are presented in methodology description, further data generation might be needed especially for in-depth assessment type
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Details: Specifically addressing influence of uncertainty in climate projections on decision making
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Details: Only risks to projects are identified
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Partly
Details: The Assessment identifies CRM Strategies to reduce risk
Usefulness for political purposes: Can be used for project appraisals for IDB
Applied by whom: Unclear
Open access: Yes