An open access approach to mapping climate risk and vulnerability for decision-making: A case study of Birmingham, United Kingdom

IF 4 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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The global climate is changing, and local authorities must respond to changing climate risk to protect citizens and the urban environment in which they live. This paper presents an open access approach to map climate risk and vulnerability using Birmingham, the UK’s second city as a case study. A Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) was co-created with Birmingham City Council to ensure the approach supports the organisation’s needs, now and in the future. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) software, eleven geospatial datasets expressing physical, environmental, and social variables were combined to characterise holistic climate risk and vulnerability relative to the city boundary, where the higher the score, the higher the combined climate risk and vulnerability of an area. The resulting map (i) transparently evidences climate impacts across the city and the underpinning drivers, (ii) supports the prioritisation of interventions for those areas most at risk or vulnerable to climate change, (iii) supports the implementation of more climate-resilient development, and (iv) can be managed by stakeholders going forward for monitoring and evaluation purposes. While there are inevitable limitations in what can be achieved with an open access approach, the current CRVA can be considered a ‘minimum viable product’ that can be developed and improved iteratively in climate adaptation planning cycles. Its results can feed into broader policy agendas, such as national adaptation plans, adaptation reporting, just transition, and biodiversity net gain.
为决策绘制气候风险和脆弱性地图的开放存取方法:英国伯明翰案例研究
全球气候正在发生变化,地方政府必须应对不断变化的气候风险,以保护市民和他们生活的城市环境。本文以英国第二大城市伯明翰为例,介绍了一种绘制气候风险和脆弱性地图的开放式方法。气候风险和脆弱性评估(CRVA)是与伯明翰市政府共同创建的,以确保该方法支持该组织现在和未来的需求。利用地理信息系统 (GIS) 软件,将表达物理、环境和社会变量的 11 个地理空间数据集结合在一起,以描述相对于城市边界的整体气候风险和脆弱性。由此绘制的地图(i)透明地证明了整个城市的气候影响和基本驱动因素,(ii)支持为那些面临最大气候变化风险或最易受气候变化影响的地区确定干预措施的优先次序,(iii)支持实施更具气候抗御力的发展,以及(iv)可由利益相关方进行管理,以达到监测和评估的目的。虽然开放式获取方法不可避免地存在局限性,但目前的 CRVA 可被视为 "最低可行产品",可在气候适应规划周期中反复开发和改进。其结果可纳入更广泛的政策议程,如国家适应计划、适应报告、公正过渡和生物多样性净收益。
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Climate Services
Climate Services Multiple-
CiteScore
5.30
自引率
15.60%
发文量
62
期刊介绍: The journal Climate Services publishes research with a focus on science-based and user-specific climate information underpinning climate services, ultimately to assist society to adapt to climate change. Climate Services brings science and practice closer together. The journal addresses both researchers in the field of climate service research, and stakeholders and practitioners interested in or already applying climate services. It serves as a means of communication, dialogue and exchange between researchers and stakeholders. Climate services pioneers novel research areas that directly refer to how climate information can be applied in methodologies and tools for adaptation to climate change. It publishes best practice examples, case studies as well as theories, methods and data analysis with a clear connection to climate services. The focus of the published work is often multi-disciplinary, case-specific, tailored to specific sectors and strongly application-oriented. To offer a suitable outlet for such studies, Climate Services journal introduced a new section in the research article type. The research article contains a classical scientific part as well as a section with easily understandable practical implications for policy makers and practitioners. The journal''s focus is on the use and usability of climate information for adaptation purposes underpinning climate services.
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