ISO 14091 - Adaptation to climate change
Creator: BSI
Type of methodology: Methodological recommendations
Approach type: CVRA (Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment)
Short description: Process-based methodology based on the development of impact chains, assessing risks and adaptive capacity, analysing cross-sectorial interdependencies and independent review.
URL to access information about the tool: https://www.iso.org/fr/standard/68508.html
Hazards covered: Others
Audiences: Architects and engineers
Assessment level: Projects in general
Evaluation system:
- Hazard
- Exposure
- Sensitivity
- Climate change impact (i.e. risk without adaptation)
- Vulnerability
- Risk (with adaptation)
Strengths:
- Provides a description of the steps to implementing a CVRA
- Includes examples of indicators for CVRA
Limits:
Not specific to building
Steps to implementing a climate change risk assessment:
- Screening impacts and developing impact chains
- Identifying indicators
- Acquiring and managing data
- Aggregating indicators and risk components
- Assessing adaptive capacity
- Interpreting and evaluating the findings
- Analysing cross-sectoral interdependencies
- Independent review
The guide includes examples of indicators for risk and vulnerability assessments.
