The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) is a CARE tool used to gather and analyze information on community-level vulnerabilities to and capacities for climate change.

The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis ( CVCA)

Creator: CARE Climate Change and Resilience Platform (CCRP)
Type of methodology: Methodological recommendations
Approach type: CVRA (Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment)
Short description: The CVCA process is an integrated approach, focusing on the potential negative impacts of climate change on gender equality, ecosystems and governance while simultaneously focusing on how these cross-cutting issues influence people’s resilience to clima
URL to access information about the tool: https://careclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CARE-CVCA-Handbook-EN-…
Hazards covered: Others
Audiences: Architects and engineers
Assessment level: Community-level
Evaluation system:

N/A

Strengths:

 

  • Paying particular attention to three major cross-cutting issues: Gender Equality, Ecosystems and Inclusive Governance help define specific options for increasing climate resilience
  • Takes community resilience/human factor into account
Limits:

 

Not specific to buildings

The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) is a tool used to gather and analyze information on community-level vulnerabilities to and capacities for climate change. It informs the identification of actions, at the community level or more broadly, that support communities in increasing their resilience to climate change. With A 7-step process using different methodologies of information collection: secondary research, key informant interviews and participatory tools that capture local perspectives and traditional knowledge. » Detailing a set of guiding questions to analyze the data collected. » Paying particular attention to three major cross-cutting issues - Gender Equality, Ecosystems and Inclusive Governance - that help define specific options for increasing climate resilience