Abstract
Impact Chains are a conceptual model based on cause-effect chains that include all major factors and processes leading to specific climate risks. After being first developed by Eurac Research for climate risk assessments (CRAs) in the European Alps around 10 years ago, they have now been applied in almost twenty national climate risk assessments worldwide (e.g., Burundi, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Madagascar).
This training session will go through the terminology and concepts of climate risk and CRA in general, which will be preparatory for understanding the concepts of the Impact Chains and how they are built. After a brief outlook on the current research directions in progress at Eurac Research, the event will conclude with a simple “hands-on” example of building a demonstrative Impact Chain for a simple CRA scenario.