Author: The University of Notre Dame
Year of publication: 2017
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: ND-GAIN measures overall vulnerability by considering six life-supporting sectors – food, water, health, ecosystem service, human habitat, and infrastructure
Format of assessment: Web tool
Details: Excel sheets
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Details: The University of Notre Dame
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Broad audience and actors at all levels
Output: Excel sheet
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Worldwide
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Water sector, Agriculture, Health sector, Infrastructure, Biodiversity
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: ND-GAIN Index Vulnerability scores Vulnerability sector scores: water, agriculture, health, infrastructure, food, ecosystems; Component scores: exposure, sensitivity, adaptive Capacity
Risk framework used: AR5
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, exposure
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: All hazards
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data on: projected change of agricultural cereal yield, projected population change, food import dependency, rural population, agriculture capacity, child malnutrition, projected change of annual runoff, projected change of annual groundwater recharge, freshwater withdrawl rate, water dependency ratio, dam capacity, access to reliable drinking water, etc. Data web sources for all data needs are indicated
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No information
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Non-Economic
Details: ND-GAIN measures overall vulnerability by considering six life-supporting sectors : food, water, health, ecosystem service, human habitat, and infrastructure. It does not directly calculate non-economic or economic losses in these sectors
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Details: Annual data is used for analysis and projections
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: Used as a reference in multiple funding proposals for AF / GCF / GEF
Applied by whom: Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative
Open access: Yes