Climate Risk and Resilience Assessments (CRRA)

A CRRA is to be completed collaboratively with the project team, the design team, climate risk experts, and key interested parties (e.g. significant user groups). Typically, the CRRA process can take three to five months to complete. Some key parts of the process include:

• A qualified and experienced consultant provides engineering and climate expertise. 
• Workshops investigate historical and projected climate hazards to the site/project, the consequences of these interactions, and measures to reduce current and future risks. This may require the involvement of relevant operations and maintenance staff who have experience with the project site, project type, and/or can speak to historical events. 
• The assessment results are provided in a report summarizing the process, detailing the prioritization of adaptation recommendations and the cost-benefit of implementing these measures.
• An implementation plan for addressing the adaptation measures in the planning, design, and/or operations of the infrastructure or facility.
  

Climate Risk Screening Assessments (CRSA)

A CRSA is less time-intensive than a CRRA. It can take one to four weeks to complete. 

A CRSA is intended to be applied at a later stage in design where there is some baseline understanding of climate risk, as a simplified process to assess and reduce known risks. It requires less project team engagement and results in a short summary report of the top risks and recommended climate adaptation measures. 

To complete a CRSA, the CRSA tool can be utilized by the project team to: 

• assess risk,
• identify adaptation measures, and
• prioritize action based on the highest risks identified.