Author: Hedlund, J. et al.
Year of publication: 2018
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability 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: Global
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Researchers, national and regional decision makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Report, vulnerability maps and graphs
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Worldwide
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Financial sector, Biodiversity, Commercial sector
Details: 4 risk pathways are analysed referring to ecosystems, financial flows, mobility of people, flows of goods and services
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Transnational Climate Impacts Index (TCI). 9 indicators representing 4 pathways (Biophysical pathway, Finance pathway, People Pathway, Trade Pathway) were established (indicator selection was impacted by data availability). These indicators were climate-weighted by using the ND_GAIN Index on climate vulnerbaility. Then spatial analysis was performed to identify clustering
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Details: Here defined as exposure to impacts
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Changing precipitation patterns, Changing temperature patterns, Loss of biodiversity, Extreme temperatures, Extreme rainfall, Drought, Flood, Wildfire
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Comprehensive data on country level representing the indicators
Temporal scale: Backward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Depending on the data
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Hedlund, J. et al.
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