Announcements
Announcements
This project brief presents an overview of how the impact chain method can be used to explore social vulnerability to multiple hydrometeorological hazards and their cascading effects, in a case study in Halmstad Municipality, Sweden. A particular focus in this case study was the methodological research and innovation (R&I) area of co-production of knowledge, with lessons learned presented here.
The UNCHAIN (UNpacking climate impact CHAINs) project advances climate change risk assessment frameworks aimed at informed decision-making and climate adaptation action. The research approach is based on the concepts of impact chains and co-production of knowledge.
The UNCHAIN approach supports climate change adaptation action by introducing six methodological and thematic research and innovation areas. As laid out in the Vulnerability Sourcebook (Fritzsche et al., 2014), the impact chain method considers climate risks in accordance with some of the concepts used in IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): hazard, exposure and vulnerability (IPCC, 2014). The method provides practical instructions and guidance for implementing vulnerability and risk assessments based on a step-by-step approach structured around eight modules (Figure 1).
UNCHAIN is centred around 11 case studies in seven countries in Europe to test changes and alterations of the current impact chain model and evaluate its effects. The case study described here is in Sweden.
Team Leader: Cities, Communities and Consumption; Senior Research Fellow
SEI Headquarters
Head of Knowledge Management, Senior Research Fellow
Global Operations
SEI Headquarters
Project / A new generation of action- and user-oriented climate change risk assessments.
Project / The project will examine how exposure and vulnerability to multiple water hazards lead to different types of impacts on infrastructures and populations.
Journal article / The authors evaluate digital technologies and tools for improving social capital, risk awareness, and disaster preparedness by using a multicriteria analysis.
Project / Exploring innovative water governance for a resilient, fair management model against climate change impacts.
Journal article / Disaster recovery and research have failed to sufficiently analyse power dynamics and social processes related to participation, according to a new review.
Design and development by Soapbox.
