Stress tests and story maps for five Asian global cities
From stress tests to map stories, and from visions to actions in Southeast Asia
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C40 Climate Leadership Group
Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Quezon City, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta
2019 – 2021
Stress tests and story maps for five Asian global cities
From stress tests to map stories, and from visions to actions in Southeast Asia
Customer
Location
Duration
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C40 Climate Leadership Group
Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Quezon City, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta
2019 – 2021
Together with Sweco and Deltares, CAS is helping the Asian cities of Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Quezon City, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta to conduct a Qualitative Climate Risk Assessment (QCRA). Such an assessment is similar to the stress test that Dutch municipalities have to carry out to be climate-proof by 2050. This project was commissioned by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
What did the QCRA look like?
The QCRA consisted of two parts:
- In each city, we started with a multi-day workshop, in which we investigated the city’s vulnerabilities to climate change. We always worked together with officials and professionals from different sectors of the city. We provided them with a comprehensible explanation of the climate effects on the city. While doing so, we used the NAS sphere diagrams: this tool shows simple, visual summaries of current knowledge about climate effects and impacts.
- This workshop resulted into a story map about the city. With this, we explained the climate effects as clearly as possible to users so that they could use the stress test results for their work. In addition, we wanted to fully transfer the map story to the city. This way, the city can constantly update the information in it.
For the QCRA we used as much local data as possible. We supplemented this with climate data that was freely available to everyone, for example from Copernicus’ Climate Data Store.
What is C40 Cities?
C40 Cities is a network of more than 90 megacities committed to addressing climate change. This network helps those cities to develop a Climate Action Plan to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. The action plan stimulates the cities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming. The action plan also encourages the cities to protect residents from the effects of climate change. Part of a Climate Action Plan is therefore also a QCRA.
What did the QCRA look like?
The QCRA consisted of two parts:
- In each city, we started with a multi-day workshop, in which we investigated the city’s vulnerabilities to climate change. We always worked together with officials and professionals from different sectors of the city. We provided them with a comprehensible explanation of the climate effects on the city. While doing so, we used the NAS sphere diagrams: this tool shows simple, visual summaries of current knowledge about climate effects and impacts.
- This workshop resulted into a story map about the city. With this, we explained the climate effects as clearly as possible to users so that they could use the stress test results for their work. In addition, we wanted to fully transfer the map story to the city. This way, the city can constantly update the information in it.
For the QCRA we used as much local data as possible. We supplemented this with climate data that was freely available to everyone, for example from Copernicus’ Climate Data Store.
What is C40 Cities?
C40 Cities is a network of more than 90 megacities committed to addressing climate change. This network helps those cities to develop a Climate Action Plan to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. The action plan stimulates the cities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming. The action plan also encourages the cities to protect residents from the effects of climate change. Part of a Climate Action Plan is therefore also a QCRA.