Abstract
The climate change adaptation tool Local Climate Impacts Profile (LCLIP), developed and previously widely used in the UK, was systematically evaluated in terms of its transferability to Sweden and its usefulness as a catalyst for awareness-raising and action with respect to climate change adaptation. The tool includes scoping, media trawl, interviews and reporting and was applied in three Swedish municipalities. It was found that after some adjustment, the tool can be applied successfully under Swedish conditions. The municipalities involved found the results useful for stimulating local adaptation work. However, the municipalities concluded that LCLIP is primarily a beginner’s tool that can be applied at a low cost and that other, more costly investigations on vulnerability to extreme weather typically need to be conducted for successful adaptation to climate change at municipal level. An advantage of the LCLIP tool is that it involves civil servants from all departments in the municipality and thus the resulting vulnerability discussions also involve departments dealing with ‘soft’ issues, such as administration and care.
Highlights
Introduction and AimClimate change is often recognised as one of the greatest challenges of our time
Tools and methods that have been tested with stakeholders include those by e.g. Dai et al [12], who tested a tool for reflexive learning about climate change adaptation called the Climate Learning Ladder in two regions, Mongolia and the EU, and Debels et al [13], who tested an index for usefulness of adaptation practices in a region in Chile
The process description for the Local Climate Impacts Profile (LCLIP) described in UKCIP [8] worked well in the three Swedish municipalities in which LCLIP was applied, a range of issues arose that needed to be resolved during the course of the work
Summary
Introduction and AimClimate change is often recognised as one of the greatest challenges of our time. Hanak and Lund [4] call measures such as underground water storage and water conservation for adaptation tools, Shepard et al [5] see a need for a GIS-based approach to quantify potential changes in storm surge risk due to sea level rise, Spicket et al [6] view a Health Impact Assessment as an essential adaptation tool and Baard et al [7] call for socioeconomic scenarios for evaluating different options concerning preservation of a groundwater aquifer in the light of climate change. Tools and methods have been taken to include anything that helps society develop appropriate adaptation strategies and any concrete measure that will help society cope with the impacts of climate change once the planning stage is over. Only a few of these studies contain a systematic evaluation of stakeholder experiences from using the tools and methods, examples being Jonsson et al [14], who used tools for conducting vulnerability assessments in two Swedish municipalities, and Albert et al [15], who used a framework for participative scenariobased landscape planning in a German community
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