Author: Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Department for International Development (DFID)
Year of publication: 2008
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Not specified
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: Continuous as part of mainstreaming
To be carried out by whom: Others
Details: Resource person with a broad understanding of development, disaster management and climate change within a development organization
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: Tool screens projects in a development cooperation portfolio, institutional scale varies according to the portfolio
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Others (please specify)
Details: Decisions makers in development cooporation
Output: Report
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Not sector specific
Details: Programmes of development cooperation in any sector of interest
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Qualitative portfolio screening and development of a hazard and disaster profile is accompanied by technical input to hazards and vulnerabilities to a project portfolis. Then adaptation measures are identified. Qualitative method with technical (data based) input.
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: All
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Details: All potential hazards to a development cooperation portfolio can be analysed
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Context dependent; information on hazards, socio-economic development
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Process is generally guided by one person who according to the steps involves different stakeholders from development cooperation organizations and partners
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: Identifying risks to development portfolios must integrate cosideration of impacts of climate risks on development, though not specifically stated
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: It is stated that it must be considered when conducting cost-benefit analysis, though no deeper considerations are made
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Details: Assement aims to determine what kind of adaptations options are needed (incl. cost-benefit analysis) within a development portfolio
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: IDS (India, Bangladesh)
Open access: Yes