Task Category: Identify Vulnerabilities

The information collected at the workshop will now be analyzed and organized into a final report that identifies and prioritizes your community’s climate-related vulnerabilities. This report serves as the basis for Step 4 – Develop and Prioritize Resilience Strategies.

Detailed information about this task can be found in the chapter of the Guide that covers Step 3.

Templates

• Vulnerability Assessment Spreadsheet: Enter information gathered from the vulnerability assessment workshop here. (Note that this has been updated since the Guide was last published and is slightly different from what is presented in the Guide and tutorial videos.) 
• Risk Matrix: Use this template to develop a climate vulnerability risk matrix
• Detailed Vulnerability Assessment report outline: Use this outline as the base for your Vulnerability Assessment report.

Relevant Other Services

• Blocks of additional consulting time
• Processing of workshop output
• Final Report writing for help writing your Vulnerability Assessment

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This task focuses exclusively on ensuring a successful vulnerability assessment workshop. Data collection is a particularly important part of this step so you will put in place several systems to ensure that breakout group feedback is captured and participants end the day feeling hopeful.

Detailed information about this task can be found in the chapter of the Guide that covers Step 3.

Tutorial

Creating Your Vulnerability Assessment Spreadsheet

Tutorial key points

*Please note: Some of the templates have been recently updated and specific details may not match what is seen in the Guide or tutorial videos. 

Templates

• Breakout Group Instructions: Use this handout in the workshop and to send in the participant packet. It explains the categories of information the breakout groups will need to provide. (Note that this has been updated since the Guide was last published and is slightly different from what is presented in the Guide and tutorial video.) 
• List of supplies: Here is a starter list of supplies you will need for the workshop.

Relevant Other Services

• Blocks of additional consulting time
• Workshop facilitation

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Hosting a day long vulnerability assessment workshop successfully requires significant planning. In this Task you will identify and invite workshop participants, develop the agenda, create a workshop support team, and handle the logistics for the workshop.

Detailed information about this task can be found in the chapter of the Guide that covers Step 3.

Tutorial

Communicating about climate change

Tutorial key points

*Please note: Some of the templates have been recently updated and specific details may not match what is seen in the Guide or tutorial videos

Templates

• Invitation brainstorm template: Use this document to help identify which stakeholders to invite to your workshop
• Identifying Representatives of Frontline Communities: Information for how to increase participation in your process
• Vulnerability assessment workshop invitation letter: Edit this sample letter to invite workshop participants.
• Workshop invitees spreadsheet: Use this spreadsheet to help track who you invite to your workshop and who is planning to attend
• Sample participant workshop agenda: A succinct sample agenda for participants.
• Sample facilitator workshop agenda: A more detailed sample agenda for use by the facilitator and workshop support team. 

Relevant Other Services

• Blocks of additional consulting time
• Workshop facilitation

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