Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
May 12-13, 2008
Team Members: Ravi Sinha, World Bank
Break-Out Group 2:
Improving the Hot Spots Analysis
in the Primer
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ What would be the process by which your city would fill
out each form?
„ What do you anticipate would be the areas of focus for
your city?
„ Do the different forms highlight different issues? Which
would be most useful in identifying priorities and
monitoring implementation?
„ What aspects are confusing and how can this selfassessment process be made easier to understand and fill
out?
„ Is the link to the rest of the primer of this self-assessment
exercise clear?
Scope of Discussion
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ What would be the process by which your city
would fill out each form?
„ Hotspot team
„ Forming multi-disciplinary team based on the
principle of participatory governance
„ Orientation workshop among stakeholders
„ Template-filling workshop
Responses
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ What do you anticipate would be the areas of
focus for your city?
„ Adopt a holistic perspective, but focus only on
identified vulnerabilities
Responses
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ Do the different forms highlight different issues?
Which would be most useful in identifying
priorities and monitoring implementation?
„ Simplify the 3-page form from HML to YN, use 1
page form for attributes marked as yes
Responses
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ What aspects are confusing and how can this
self-assessment process be made easier to
understand and fill out?
„ The wording of some questions are either
subjective or too vague
„ The categories (HML) are difficult to assess
„ There is a need for guide questions/examples
along with explanations in accomplishing the form
Responses
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts and
Related Natural Disasters in East Asia
„ Is the link to the rest of the primer of this selfassessment exercise clear?
„ It is a useful tool for an initial assessment
Responses