Implementing an Adaptation Risk Assessment

The first iteration of the CCAIRR approach, the

Adaptation Rapid Assessment (ARA) mode, is used

to provide a situation analysis for a risk-based

adaptation study, including documenting the

baseline conditions for subsequent implementation

of more comprehensive initiatives leading to

adaptation. The procedures for a first-order ARA are

consistent with the five components of the CCAIRR

package spelled out below. It is important to bear in

mind that, in practice, the components are best

addressed in parallel activities, rather than as linear

and sequential steps.