Stage 1.3 Undertake preparatory work on climate risks and vulnerabilities of energy sector

Who's Involved
  • Assignment Management Team
Timing and time required
  • Before ‘Climate risks & vulnerabilities’ workshop
  • 10 – 15 days
Key questions
  • Where are the country’s existing and planned energy assets located?
  • What are the current and recent historic climatic conditions in the country?
  • How is the country’s climate projected to change over coming decades?
Tools
  • Briefing paper describing:
    • overview of information on observed and projected climatic changes for the country
    • potential impacts of climate change on the country’s energy sector
    • glossary of key climate change terms
Guidance
  1. Identify and map existing energy assets
  2. Prepare a report that identifies and describes climatic hazards affecting the energy sector, covering:
    • observed trends in climate and climate-related factors, and
    • climate change projections for the country
  3. Prepare a short presentation for the ‘Climate risks and vulnerabilities’ workshop, describing observed and projected climatic hazards in the country
  4. Prepare a short presentation on the vulnerability of the energy sector to climatic hazards
  5. Pre-prepare materials for use in workshop discussions (see Stage 3.2)
Outputs
  • Maps showing climate change projections and energy assets
  • Report describing observed climatic conditions and projected future climate change
  • Presentation material on climatic hazards
  • Presentation on climatic vulnerabilities of the energy sector