The Washington state legislature requested that the Climate Impacts Group “examine existing best practices and new methods that could be used to measure and evaluate climate change resilience for the purpose of better understanding and tracking how investments made in climate change resilience translate into outcomes”. In response, this report describes “best practices” to measure climate resilience in support of effective adaptation. It was developed in collaboration with the Department of Ecology and the interagency team updating Washington’s climate resilience strategy.

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Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments is designed to help local, regional, and state governments prepare for climate change by recommending a detailed, easy-to-understand process for climate change preparedness based on familiar resources and tools.

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This guide provides a more detailed overview of the three factors of climate vulnerability — sensitivity, exposure and adaptive capacity. Though originally written for floodplain management, the concepts are relevant for any sector. The section on climate vulnerability starts on page five and ends on page 13.

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Choosing and Using Climate-Change Scenarios for Ecological-Impact Assessments and Conservation Decisions is a technical journal article that provides guidelines for selecting climate-change scenarios for ecological impact assessment.

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In 2017, the Climate Impacts Group supported the Puget Sound Partnership in developing a “rapid vulnerability assessment” to support climate adaptation planning. A description of this rapid, more informal assessment process can be found on pages 7-10 of the assessment. 

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If you are looking to conduct a more formal, thorough vulnerability assessment process, the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is a great resource to help walk you through this process. 

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