Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management: A Guide for Business and Government

The Guide provides a framework for managing the increased risk to organisations due to climate change impacts. The prime focus of the Guide is on the initial assessment and prioritisation of these risks. The Guide aims to help businesses and organisations: > enumerate risks related to climate change impacts; > prioritise risks that require further attention; and > establish a process for ensuring that these higher priority risks are managed effectively. In most instances this initial assessment level of risk appraisal can be undertaken by people with a sound professional knowledge of the relevant organisation, together with a general understanding of the likely directions and magnitudes of climate change. Climate change scenarios for risk assessment accompany this Guide.