Author: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Year of publication: 2014
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Climate change adaptation assessment
Details: The core acitivies include: Impact assessment, vulnerability assessment, and adaptation assessment, including an economic assessment
Format of assessment: Guideline
Details: Methodological approach with six sets of activities, which is broken up into 20 steps
Estimated costs for conducting: 35000-250000 USD
Estimated duration of assessment: Inputs will consist of approximately 4 person-months by international consultants and 5 person-months of national consultants assisting the international consultants. Plus approx. 4-5 person-months from external consultants
To be carried out by whom: Multiple actors
Details: Project teams consisted of: 1 team leader, 1 civil engineer, 1 economist, 1 international and 1 national environmental and social and poverty specialist, 1 hydrologist. Plus contracted Consultants (approx. 4-5 person months): 1 Impact assessment specialist, 1 vulnerability assessment specialist, 1 adaptation specialist, 1 person for economic analysis
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: Sectoral approach: only road infrastructure projects, according to road type this might involve different institutional levels
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Policy makers in the transport sector, who want to implement projects (not specified whether on national or local level); project teams to use assessment for incorporating CCA measures into transport sector investment projects
Output: Report
Details: Vulnerability and risk map
Region of origin: Asia
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia, Pacific Islands
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Infrastructure
Method used: Other (see details)
Description of methodology: Method(s) to be identified in step 5 by those carrying out assessment
Risk framework used: AR5
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Changing precipitation patterns, Changing temperature patterns, Loss of biodiversity, Extreme temperatures, Extreme rainfall, Drought, Flood, Wildfire, Vulcanic eruption, Earthquake, Tsunami
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: All relevant climate change projections and local historical climate data depending on data availability
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: Partly
Details: Method suggests community participation in order to identify risks, benefits, and lessons from past experiences that can be factored into the design of the adaptation strategy. For doing so it refers to additional resources providing tools for community participation. Also suggests that participation across ministries is necessary
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Details: Is not explicitly stated
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Details: Decision making under uncertainty, uncertainty of climate projections
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Details: Based on the identified risks and potential impacts project teams shall be able to incorporate climate change adaptation measures into transport sector investment projects
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Details: Economic losses incorporated: Economic assessment of the do-nothing scenario and cost-benefit analysis of adaptation options. Non-economic losses are not taken into account in a structured manner
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: The impact assessment included relevant climate parameters such as: change in onset and intensity of seasonal rains; increase in very hot days and heatwaves; sea level rise; increase in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events; changes in seasonal precipitation and flooding patterns; and increase in cyclone intensity, frequency, and duration, and associated storm surge and wave action; increased salinity levels
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Usefulness for political purposes: No indication
Open access: Yes