Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability assessments are used to ascertain the susceptibility of a natural or human system to sustaining damage (or benefiting) from climate change. Vulnerability is a function of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. Vulnerability assessments differ from impact assessments in that they more fully consider adaptive management or policy responses that may lessen negative impacts (or enhance positive impacts) of climate change. Where vulnerability assessments are used to guide management or conservation actions, they are often most informative when they are "place-based" and designed to address a particular resource or system of interest. However, in the climate change literature, there are multiple definitions of vulnerability and there is no single universal assessment framework. The assessments included below focus on various exposure units, are applied at different spatial scales, and are relevant to different locations.
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Specialty Crops and Climate Change in the Midwest
Climate change is impacting specialty crops in the Midwest is unique ways. Explore resources and learn more.
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Climate Change Field Guides
The Climate Change Field Guides are designed to put useful climate change and adaptation information into the hands of…
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Michigan Forest Vulnerability Assessment
This assessment describes current and future climate change conditions and the projected impact on Michigan's…
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Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis for Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
An assessment of current and future climate change conditions and the projected impact on forest ecosystems in northern…
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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Midwest Agriculture
Explore the extent of climate change in your state, hear how these changes are affecting agriculture, and learn about…
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Minnesota Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis
This assessment describes current and future climate change conditions and the projected impact on northern Minnesota…
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New England and Northern New York Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment
Findings from the New England and Northern New York Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment
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Central Appalachians Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment
Findings from the Central Appalachians Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment
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Central Hardwoods Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment: A Report from the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework Project
Findings from the Central Hardwoods Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment