Author: UNEP and UNEP GRID-Geneva
Year of publication: 2020
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: Combines data on exposure to different hazards with state of degradation of main ecosystems so to identify potential areas for restoration / DRR via nature-based solutions
Format of assessment: Other, please describe
Details: Maps
Estimated costs for conducting: Open source
Estimated duration of assessment: Information is already available
To be carried out by whom: Multiple actors
Details: The format is easy to understand and user friendly. No specific pre-knowledge is necessary
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: Any level larger than local, because smallest grid size is 10x10km
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Could be used for awareness raising, lobbying, political decision making, private sector investment orientation, etc.
Output: Risk map
Region of origin: Europe, Africa
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: No information
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Not sector specific
Details: Formulation of objective with slight focus on green infrastructure projects, however useful to other sectors as well
Method used: Other (see details)
Description of methodology: Combination of information of exposure of the population to hazards with state of main ecosystems for which restoration may upgrade DRR-potential
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Hazard, exposure
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Flood, Landslide, Loss of biodiversity, Storm surge, Tsunami, Sea level rise
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: All data is provided by the tool
Temporal scale: Current, Backward looking
Participatory elements: No
Details: Tool refers to available data and doesn't need implication of other stakeholders
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Details: Layers for different risks can be shown in the same map, however interaction between them is not considered
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: Uncertainty of climate projections does not play a role. However, limitations due to coarse spatial resolution and biases for urban or arid areas are made explicit
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Details: Identification of potential ecosystem restoration areas with benefits for disaster risk reduction
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: Both, EWE such as coral bleaching events and SOE such as sea level rise are considered
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: PEDRR
Open access: Yes