National climate risk assessments 1 Climate Training Kit

National climate risk assessments 1 Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

National climate risk assessments: a key first step! Over 60 Red Cross Red Crescent assessments have been written Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Evidence of local impacts • Use available country data • Involve communities • Involve other stakeholders, including your meteorological office. Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Main focus of national climate risk assessments 1. Describe current climate risk and situation 2. Describe climate trends and projections 3. Impacts and vulnerability 4. Reflect how these impacts affect your work 5. Action Plan (optional) Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

National climate risk assessment Step 1: Describe the current situation in your country Photo: IFRC Geography Climate Vulnerabilities Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

National climate risk assessment Step 2: Climate trend and projections information can be found at sources such as: - Your meteorological office - UNDP country profiles - National adaptation plans - UNFCCC - IPCC Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

National climate risk assessment Step 3: Impacts and vulnerability How can climate change affect existing problems of vulnerable people? Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

National climate risk assessment Step 4: Reflect how the climate related impacts affect your work Photo: IFRC Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Keep it real and relevant • Don’t include things that you can’t explain • Use diagrams to clarify • Use quotes and pictures that tell the story better Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Keep it simple and understandable Don’t confuse readers with too much complex data Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

List your sources! Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Purpose of an assessment The assessment can have multiple purposes. Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Policy dialogue • Highlighting humanitarian consequences of climate change • Ensuring the needs of the most vulnerable are addressed in climate change policies Photo: IFRC Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Awareness and education This assessment is more than just a collection of basic facts about climate change! Main messages can be captured in campaigns or awareness raising. Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Planning AN ACTION PLAN IS NEEDED! - How do we consider the climate risk assessment in our work (of different departments)? - Which steps do we take next? Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

The action plan 1. Brainstorming of ideas 2. Prioritizing 3. Assessing funding opportunities 4. Assess opportunities for integrating into existing projects 16 Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships

Limits and complexity of the assessments Scientific consensus on climate change? Level of uncertainty: how to communicate probability? Climate Training Kit – Module 2 b: Assessments, networks and partnerships