Assessing the risk of climate change
Being able to adapt to climate change effectively entails knowing your risks and vulnerabilities. A new standard for risk assessment has just joined the ISO climate adaptation series.
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This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change. It describes how to understand vulnerability and how to develop and implement a sound risk assessment in the context of climate change. It can be used for assessing both present and future climate change risks.
Risk assessment according to this document provides a basis for climate change adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation for any organization, regardless of size, type and nature.
General information
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Status : PublishedPublication date : 2021-02
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Edition : 1Number of pages : 39
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- ICS :
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Environmental impact assessment
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Pollution, pollution control and conservation
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