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INFORM Climate Change

INFORM Climate Change tool provides insight into the results of the climate change risk analysis. It helps the users to easily navigate within different scenario combinations and different points in time, exploring the potential changes in risk, Hazard & Exposure variables, vulnerability gap and population. The main features are Fact & Figures, Key Changes, Hazard Projections and Country profile. It is a future-oriented risk index combining climate and socio- economic factors

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Select a country, scenario combination and point in time to explore projected changes in climate-related risk.
  • Use filters to examine changes in Hazard & Exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity, the vulnerability gap and population.
  • No user-provided datasets or other substantive input are required.

Output

  • Country-level risk indicators, maps, graphs and narratives covering climate risk, Hazard & Exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity and population.
  • Facts & Figures, Key Changes, Hazard Projections and Country Profile views.
  • Scenario-based projections for 2050 and 2080, including information on uncertainty and the vulnerability gap as a quantitative proxy for adaptation needs.

Use it to

  • Compare how climate-related risk may evolve across countries, scenarios and time horizons.
  • Assess how future climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity to cope may contribute to overall climate risk.
  • Identify countries where projected changes in risk or the vulnerability gap may warrant greater adaptation or disaster risk reduction attention.
  • Support strategic prioritisation and climate-related risk assessments at national and international level.

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

Combines climate-hazard information with socio-economic vulnerability and coping-capacity indicators in a single forward-looking risk framework. Unlike tools focused primarily on physical hazards, it helps users understand how exposure, vulnerability and adaptive capacity may influence future climate risk under different scenarios. The vulnerability-gap indicator provides a useful proxy for adaptation needs and helps identify where resilience-building efforts may be most needed.

Used in

  • Developed and maintained by the JRC/Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) as part of the INFORM suite for global assessment of humanitarian and disaster risk.
  • Used to examine future risk across multiple hazards, including flooding, drought, heat and coastal flooding, alongside vulnerability, coping capacity and population changes.
  • INFORM Climate Change results are used to support horizon scanning, humanitarian risk monitoring, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation planning.

Metadata

User Group
Commission services and/or AgenciesTransboundary networksNational authorities
Geographic coverage
Global
Spatial resolution

Country-level

Support of Adaptation Policy Cycle
Step 1: Preparing the Ground for Adaptation
Step 2: Assessing Climate Change Risks and Vulnerabilities
Step 4: Assessing and Prioritising Adaptation Options
Step 6: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Adaptation sectors
AgricultureDisaster Risk ReductionHealth
Climate hazards
FloodingCoastal flooding / storm surgeHeat
Type of outputs
Maps and graphsReports and decision supportDatasets and indicators
Temporality of data
PresentForward-looking
Language
English
Accessibility and usability
High
Data sources
Public datasets from external providersProject-generated or processed datasetsCommercial or third-party data providers
Tool validation use
Peer-reviewed methodologyExpert validation / reputable institutionUser testing / pilot testing

Tools sharing a sector, hazard or cycle step with this one — useful next steps for the same question.

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finnish Flood Centre (Tulvakeskus), ELY Centres, Finnish Supervisory Agency (Valvira), in collaboration with Finnish water sector expert organisations

VESI Map service

AgricultureCoastal flooding / storm surgeStep 1
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