Threats and response

Climate adaptation for species and sites

Scoring what is vulnerable, then building the answer into a project.

• NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index

  Free spreadsheet tool that scores how vulnerable a species is to climate change and returns a five-category rating

• System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species

  Free US Forest Service questionnaire, 22 criteria, built for managers with no climate modeling background

• Climate-Smart Conservation guide

  Seven-step cycle for building climate change into project goals, with a short quick-guide version

• IUCN SSC guidelines for assessing species vulnerability to climate change

  How to choose between the assessment methods above, with a decision framework comparing them

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