Get Started: Climate Change Adaptation Planning Process
Get Started
• Make the commitment
• Establish a local coordinator/consultant
• Establish a local steering committee
• Develop a work plan
• Locate resources
Learn about Climate Change
• Seek out local knowledge and make observations
• Research historical and available information
• Obtain future climate projections for your region
• Share ideas with your community
Identify Priorities in Your Community
• Investigate potential impacts
• Identify what is important to the community
• Talk with people about the issues
• Confirm priority issues for further investigation
Assess Vulnerability and Risk
• Complete sensitivity analysis
• Evaluate adaptive capacity
• Determine probability of events
• Establish priority risks and opportunities
Develop Adaptation Strategies and Actions
• Establish goals
• Determine actions
• Assign people to act
Implementation and Monitoring of Plan
• Implement plans
• Monitor progress
• Revise plans with new information
The following presentation was used during a workplanning session with three communities Getting Started in the adaptation planning process (15 October 2009). It includes general process material as well as an introduction to learning about climate change, scanning for impacts as well as vulnerability and risk assessment information.
Getting Started, October 15, 2009, Power Point Presentation (ppt 1.3MB)
Download the Planning Process Overview Fact Sheet (pdf 1.7 Mb)