In this last step, users integrate their assessments of potential impact and adaptive capacity to arrive at a rating for overall risk to the project’s outcomes and service delivery.
This step is organized by sub-sector for several reasons. First, each sub-sector is subject to different potential impacts, so having separate risk ratings enables similar differentiation. Second, the activities of each sub-sector may have different levels of influence on the overall project outcome. Activities in one sub-sector may be relatively tangential to the project delivering its intended service, whereas there may be one element/sub-sector that represents the crux of the project.
For example, suppose project focuses on expanding access to irrigation systems in a certain area. In order for machinery to be transported to the site, certain access roads may have to be widened. While such project involves investing in rural transport, impacts from climate and geophysical hazards on the irrigation network are likely to affect the project outcome more strongly than impacts on the roads.
The risk ratings are done separately for Historical/Current and Future time frames to account for possible changes in potential impact over time.
The rating scale for project risk is:
| Insufficient Understanding | No Risk | Low Risk | Moderate Risk | High Risk |
The results of each step and the overall results are summarized in tables and presented as a final PDF report for the user.
Reminder: The results of this screening are not sufficient to serve as the basis for decisions regarding detailed project design. Rather, the results flag potential impacts and risks from climate and geophysical hazards that may need closer attention during project preparation through further studies, consultation, and dialogue.