EN ISO 14091:2021

Adaptation to climate change - Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment (ISO 14091:2021)

This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change. It describes how to understand vulnerability and how to develop and implement a sound risk assessment in the context of climate change. It can be used for assessing both present and future climate change risks.
Risk assessment according to this document provides a basis for climate change adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation for any organization, regardless of size, type and nature.

Anpassung an den Klimawandel - Vulnerabilität, Auswirkungen und Risikobewertung (ISO 14091:2021)

Dieses Dokument gibt Leitlinien für die Bewertung der mit den möglichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels verbundenen Risiken vor. Es beschreibt, wie Vulnerabilität zu verstehen und wie eine fundierte Risikobewertung im Kontext des Klimawandels zu entwickeln und umzusetzen ist. Es kann für die Bewertung sowohl gegenwärtiger als auch zukünftiger Risiken des Klimawandels herangezogen werden.
Risikobewertungen nach diesem Dokument bieten eine Grundlage für die Planung der Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawandels sowie für die Umsetzung, das Monitoring und die Evaluierung für jedwelche Organisation, unabhängig von Größe, Art und Wesen.

Adaptation au changement climatique - Lignes directrices sur la vulnérabilité, les impacts et l'évaluation des risques (ISO 14091:2021)

This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change. It describes how to understand vulnerability and how to develop and implement a sound risk assessment in the context of climate change. It can be used for assessing both present and future climate change risks.
Risk assessment according to this document provides a basis for climate change adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation for any organization, regardless of size, type and nature.

Prilagoditev podnebnim spremembam - Smernice za oceno ranljivosti, vpliva in tveganja (ISO 14091:2021)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 02-Mar-2021
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Sep-2021
• ICS: 13.020.30 - Environmental impact assessment
• ICS: 13.020.40 - Pollution, pollution control and conservation
• Technical Committee: CEN/SS S26 - Environmental Management
• Drafting Committee: CEN/SS S26 - Environmental Management
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 03-Mar-2021
• Completion Date: 03-Mar-2021
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 14091:2021 - Adaptation to climate change - Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment (ISO 14091:2021)

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2021
Prilagoditev podnebnim spremembam - Smernice za oceno ranljivosti, vpliva in
tveganja (ISO 14091:2021)
Adaptation to climate change - Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment
(ISO 14091:2021)
Anpassung an den Klimawandel - Vulnerabilität, Auswirkungen und Risikobewertung
(ISO 14091:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14091:2021
ICS:
13.020.30 Ocenjevanje vpliva na okolje Environmental impact
assessment
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 14091
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.30; 13.020.40
English Version
Adaptation to climate change - Guidelines on vulnerability,
impacts and risk assessment (ISO 14091:2021)
Adaptation au changement climatique - Lignes Anpassung an den Klimawandel - Vulnerabilität,
directrices sur la vulnérabilité, les impacts et Auswirkungen und Risikobewertung (ISO 14091:2021)
l'évaluation des risques (ISO 14091:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 January 2021.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 14091:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207
"Environmental management" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/SS S26 “Environmental
management” the secretariat of which is held by CCMC.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2021, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2021.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14091:2021 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14091:2021 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14091
First edition
2021-02
Adaptation to climate change —
Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts
and risk assessment
Adaptation au changement climatique — Lignes directrices sur la
vulnérabilité, les impacts et l'évaluation des risques
Reference number
ISO 14091:2021(E)
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ISO 14091:2021(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Introduction to climate change risk assessment . 4
4.1 Concept of climate change risk . 4
4.2 Assessing climate change risk. 5
4.2.1 Objectives . 5
4.2.2 Value-based judgements . 5
5 Preparing a climate change risk assessment . 5
5.1 Establishing the context . 5
5.2 Identifying objectives and expected outcomes . 6
5.3 Establishing a project team . 6
5.4 Determining the scope and methodology. 7
5.5 Setting the time horizon . 7
5.6 Gathering relevant information . 8
5.7 Preparing an implementation plan . 8
5.8 Transparency . 8
5.9 Participatory approach . 9
6 Implementing a climate change risk assessment. 9
6.1 Screening impacts and developing impact chains . 9
6.1.1 General. 9
6.1.2 Screening and identifying impacts . 9
6.1.3 Developing impact chains . 9
6.2 Identifying indicators .10
6.2.1 General.10
6.2.2 Selecting indicators .10
6.2.3 Creating a list of indicators .11
6.3 Acquiring and managing data .11
6.3.1 Gathering data . .11
6.3.2 Evaluating data quality and results .12
6.3.3 Managing data .12
6.4 Aggregating indicators and risk components .13
6.5 Assessing adaptive capacity .13
6.6 Interpreting and evaluating the findings .14
6.7 Analysing cross-sectoral interdependencies.14
6.8 Independent review .14
7 Reporting and communicating climate change risk assessment results .14
7.1 Climate change risk assessment report .14
7.2 Communicating climate change risk assessment results .16
7.3 Reporting findings as a basis for appropriate adaptation planning .16
Annex A (informative) Linking vulnerability and risk management concepts — Change of
the conceptual framework between IPCC AR4 and IPCC AR5 .17
Annex B (informative) Risk assessment and uncertainty — Climate and non-climatic scenarios .20
Annex C (informative) Examples of impact chains and dos and don’ts when developing
impact chains .21
Annex D (informative) Example of a screening matrix .26
Annex E (informative) Examples of indicators for risk and vulnerability assessments .28
ISO 14091:2021(E)
Annex F (informative) Aggregating indicators and risk components .29
Annex G (informative) Components of adaptive capacity.31
Annex H (informative) Assessing adaptive capacity .
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