Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA)
Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA)
Data Source: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE OFFICE (CRAO) and INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (CIAT)
Website: https://ciatph.github.io/#/home
Date: 2015
Description: PCIP preparation is enriched by Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (referred to as “Protocol for Integrating CRVA into PCIPs”) – referenced all throughout the 4-volume I-PLAN e-OM – which was created to generate information for the Department of Agriculture to support resilience-building initiatives, resulting in better and longer-term geographic targeting. CRVA provides an added layer of analysis and critical information to the PCIP (see Sub-Step P3b), particularly in the areas of hazards, Adaptive Capacity (AC) and climate suitability. At the time this e-OM was prepared, CRVA data on crops were available for 44 provinces. The database will be expanded to cover all provinces and commodities.
Parameters: Crop Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, Hazards and Vulnerability Assessment
To learn more about CRVA, watch the video presentation below:
CRVA Sensitivity the increase or decrease of climatic suitability of selected crops to changes in temperature and precipitation. The analysis covers 20 crop-scenarios projection up to year 2050. For sensitivity data per specific commodity, and overall results for hazard, adaptive capacity and vulnerability are in below dashboard:
Overall/ Composite Result Map
Sensitivity Result Map
Hazard CRVA improves the PCIP’s limited characterization of hazard risks by utilizing validated datasets on eight climate-related hazards: typhoon; flood; drought; soil erosion; landslide; salt water intrusion; storm surge; and sea level rise.
The said datasets are obtained from national government agencies, and from various organizations that already use them for planning.
Adaptive Capacity CRVA addresses vulnerability through its incorporation of Adaptive Capacity (AC) in its assessment, an important vulnerability component that has the “ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities or to cope with the consequences” (McCarthy et al., 2001, p. 6).