Author: Nasim, W. et al.
Year of publication: 2018
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: No information
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Report and risk map
Region of origin: Asia, Europe, Australia and Oceania, North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: Pakistan, could be adapted to other contexts
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Not sector specific
Details: Not sector specific; links to agriculture as exposed to drought due to heatwave
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: SimCLIM (statstical downscaling model for future trend projections); Identification of heatwave trends from historical data, projections with different climate scenarions (RCP 4.5, 6.0, 8.5 ); Projections of annual and seasonal heat accumulations
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Risk, Impact
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Drought, Heatwave
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Historical data on daily maximum temperature
Temporal scale: All
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Details: Assessment only assesses the frequency of heatwaves
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Nasim, W. et al.
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