Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Year of publication: 2018
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: Vulnerability of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Format of assessment: 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: Regional
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Others (please specify)
Details: Forest managers and scientists
Output: Report
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: State-run
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North America
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Biodiversity, Forestry
Details: Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Method used: Other (see details)
Description of methodology: Qualitative Vulnerability analysis. Non-climatic stressors and climatic stressors were seperated and criteria defined for each; criterions are ranked based on existing literature; vulnerability for each is ranked according to a scale, then narratives are ranked by experts; overall vulnerability was determined by average of climatic and non-climatic stressors; identification of adaptation options through stakeholder workshop
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Risk components incorporated: Hazard, exposure, sensitivity
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Literature on climatic changes, knowledge of the ecosystem regions
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Stakeholder workshop
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Depends on the context it is applied in
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: United States Department of Agriculture
Open access: Yes