Exploring risks: What regions of Europe are vulnerability hotspots after adaptation to climate change?
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Why has this question been chosen?
Future impacts and the
ability of society to proactively
respond to
expected impacts and to
cope with actual impacts
are not spatially
uniform. It is important
therefore to understand
those regions which are
vulnerable to climate
change in order to
facilitate policy
responses.
Identification of both the
causes, including crosssectoral
impacts, and
location of climate
vulnerability provides
essential information
which is needed to be
able to identify potential
solutions that target
appropriate policy
responses to areas where
these are most needed.
Which methods have been applied?
The stages within the
CLIMSAVE IA Platform
have been developed to
lead the User from the
identification of potential
impacts (i.e. climate
and/or socio-economic
impacts in the absence of
adaptation) through to
residual impacts (impacts
after adaptation, taking
into account socioeconomic
specific
constraints).
Vulnerability represents
residual impacts in
excess of the socioeconomic
specific coping
capacity, which is itself a
function of the
availability of capitals
(financial, manufactured,
social, human and
natural). Vulnerability is
defined in terms of
human well-being and is
assessed using a range of
ecosystem service
indicators.
Why have these methods been selected?
The CLIMSAVE IAP
further develops methods
from previous studies by
considering multiple
stresses (environmental
and socio-economic
pressures) and multisectoral
responses to
vulnerability.
