Author: Indo-German Biodiversity Programme (IGBP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Year of publication: 2017
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Guideline
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: Six years including the data collection of various meteorological parameters
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Local/community
Details: Wildlife sanctuary level
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Local decision makers
Output: Report
Region of origin: Europe, Asia
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: India (wildlife sanctuaries)
Sectors covered: Water sector
Details: Hydrological study
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: Conducting a hydrological analysis of the wetland, including the review of current water management practices and recommending measures for the maintenance of hydrological regimes in support of biodiversity and ecosystem services; Assessing vulnerability of the wetland to climate change and identifying adaptation options; Assessing carbon sequestration potential and flux of the wetland
Risk framework used: Broad risk mapping according to different definition
Details: Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Wetlands to Climate Change developed by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat along with modelling tools was used
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, risk, hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Sea level rise, Flood, Extreme rainfall
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Hydrological data, climate data
Temporal scale: Multiple
Details: Current, Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Details: Priority on non-economic losses
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Details: Does not include EWE
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Details: Recommendations for improving adaptive capacity
Usefulness for political purposes: Can be useful for politicans that work on the legislation for governmental conservation areas
Applied by whom: GIZ & IGBP
Open access: Yes