1. www.ecologic.eu Cornelius Laaser Ecologic Institute ClimWatAdapt – Introduction to the assessment exercise

2. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 2 Why assessing adaptation measures? Which measures are most effective to reduce vulnerability to a specific impact? What side effects do measures have? How feasible is their implementation Get a better picture of their performance and the conditions of their implementation

3. www.ecologic.eu 3 May 2015 3 Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker Link to the assessment Side-effects Performance under uncertainty Efficiency Effectiveness Conditions for decision making

4. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 4 What will be assessed? In principle all measures in the inventory 8 Measures quantitatively – not today Today 31 Measures qualitatively Selection is based on EU-relevancy

5. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 5 What does the assessment look like?

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7. www.ecologic.eu 3 May 2015 7 Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker Side-effects Performance under uncertainty Efficiency Effectiveness Conditions for decision making Closer look at the assessment criteria

8. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 8 Urgency and Priority To what extent does measure address urgent climate concerns and support prioritized management and practices?

9. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 9 Side effects – 4 sub-criteria Win-win No-regret Spill-over Negative

10. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 10 Side effects – win-win To what extent does the measure support other economic, social and environmental management objectives?

11. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 11 Side effects – no regret How much will the measure be beneficial irrespective of future climate change taking place?

12. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 12 Side effects – spill over To what extent has the measure a spill over effect on the adaptive capacity of other sectors or agents (agriculture, energy, environment)?

13. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 13 Side effects – negative To what extent may the adaptation measure contribute to increase vulnerability of other sectors or agents?

14. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 14 Performance under uncertainty – 2 sub-criteria Flexibility Robustness

15. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 15 Performance under uncertainty - Flexibility How feasible is the adjustment/modification of adaptation measure when it turns out to be inadequate or inappropriate?

16. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 16 Performance under uncertainty - Robustness How robust is the performance of the measure with regards to uncertain future development?

17. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 17 Efficiency How are (monetary) benefits of adaptation measure compared to their (monetary) costs?

18. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 18 Effectiveness To what extent does the measure help to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts (flood, drought, extremes)?

19. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 19 Conditions for decision making – 3 sub-criteria Feasibility Combinability Institutional requirements

20. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 20 Conditions for decision making - Feasibility How feasible is the implementation of the measure regarding barriers that can potentially hamper the adaptation process? (e.g. limited technical capacity, economic strength, socio-cultural acceptance and potential conflicts with current legal settings)?

21. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 21 Conditions for decision making - Combinability To what extent can the measure be integrated and combined with other adaptation measures?

22. www.ecologic.eu 5/3/2015Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 22 Conditions for decision making – institutional requirements To what extent does the implementation of this adaptation measure require institutional processes? (e.g. new arrangement, procedure, or adjustment of current institutional settings)?

23. www.ecologic.eu 3 May 2015 Location, Event Title – Name of the Speaker 23 Thank you for listening.