| Summary: | The Decision Tree Framework described in this book provides resource-limited project planners and
program managers with a cost-effective and effort-efficient, scientifically defensible, repeatable, and clear
method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. At the conclusion of this process,
the project planner will be empowered to confidently communicate the method by which the vulnerabilities
of the project have been assessed, and how the adjustments that were made (if any were necessary)
improved the project’s feasibility and profitability.
The framework adopts a “bottom-up” approach to risk assessment that aims at a thorough understanding
of a project’s vulnerabilities to climate change in the context of other nonclimate uncertainties
(for example, economic, environmental, demographic, or political). It helps to identify projects that
perform well across a wide range of potential future climate conditions, as opposed to seeking solutions
that are optimal in expected conditions but fragile to conditions deviating from the expected.
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