Climate Change in Impact Assessment - International Best Practice Principles

Description

This IAIA statement on climate change and impact assessment provides Best Practice Principles for Impact Assessment practitioners as well as decision-makers and stakeholders. These Best Practice Principles are intended to assist practitioners integrate climate change considerations into both project-level and strategic-level impact assessments (IA). They provide key aspects to take into account both for climate change mitigation and adaptation. They were developed by an international group of IAIA members following two special symposia on climate change and impact assessment organized by the IAIA and held in Aalborg, Denmark and Washington, D.C. in 2010.

Reference information

Websites:

http://www.iaia.org/uploads/pdf/SP8.pdf

Source:

IAIA International Association for Impact Assessment

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2012

Keywords:

International Association for Impact Assessment, baseline, best practice, impact assessment, mitigation

Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions

Sectors:

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Buildings, Coastal areas, Disaster Risk Reduction, Energy, Forestry, Health, Marine and Fisheries, Transport, Urban, Water management