Author: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Year of publication: 2019
Available languages: English, Spanish
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Details: Assessment of disaster and climate change risks and resilience opportunities
Format of assessment: Guideline
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: 4.5 months (simple) to 8 months (full)
To be carried out by whom: Others
Details: Project teams, especially those concerned with infrastructure projects, practitioners
Institutional scale of use: Continental
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Others (please specify)
Details: Project teams financed by the IDB, executing agencies and technical experts
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: Latin America and the Caribbean
Sectors covered: Education sector, Health sector, Water sector
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: The Methodology consists of a Conceptual Framework for the Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology including three phases: Phase I: screening & classification; Phase II: qualitative assessment; Phase III: quantitative assessment
Risk framework used: AR5
Details: The following definition of 'disaster risk' is provided and applied: “the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined (…) as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity” (UNDRR, 2017: 14)
Risk components incorporated: Hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Cyclone (including tropical storm, hurricane and typhoon), Drought, Earthquake, Extreme temperatures, Flood, Landslide, Sea level rise, Storm surge, Tsunami, Volcanic eruption, Wildfire
Details: Infrastructure data, climate data, demographic information, geographical data, construction/project data, climate projections
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Local workshop including the municipality, relevant local agencies and the local community
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No information
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Details: Economic losses and disruptions in social infrastructures associated with education and health services
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: Includes both EWEs and SOES (drought, sea level rise, heatwave)
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Partly
Details: Mitigation options for hazards are provided in the Appendix
Usefulness for political purposes: By implementing appropriate adaptation and resilience-building measures, the provision of access to transport, electricity, water, and sanitation services can be ensured, which improves the quality of life through its direct impact on health, education, and economic opportunities
Applied by whom: IDB project teams
Open access: Yes