Stakeholders’ demand for knowledge on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation needs to be matched with the supply from the research community of clear technical guidance that takes into account both the academic developments of the past 20 years as well as user needs at local, national and international levels.
This project, carried out under the auspices of the Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA), responds to this challenge by revising and improving existing guidance for assessing climate change vulnerability, impacts and adaptation, covering the range of available approaches, methods and tools.
The guidance should be informative rather than prescriptive in nature. Intended users are researchers, adaptation practitioners, decision-makers and those involved in policy formulation. It will consist of three elements, which are being prepared in parallel: (i) framing the questions and approaches; (ii) approaches, methods and tools in vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessment; (iii) the adaptation process.
SEI led the development of the PROVIA Revised Guidance for Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation. This guidance was delivered as a PDF document of almost 300 pages. To enhance the accessibility and user-friendliness of the guidance, this project intends to take the first step in making it available as an interactive electronic tool. The basis for this tool was developed within the EU project MEDIATION. The prototype of the electronic tool with the PROVIA guidance will be tested by prospective users in at least two immersion workshops.
