Climate resilience indicator literature review

It also informed the development of a model, framework and criteria for selection of climate change, climate impact and climate adaptation indicators for the State of Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Columbia Basin indicator suite. [...] Indicators related to climate change help to assess climate change trends and progression, and are used to communicate climate change, climate impacts and the need for and effectiveness of adaptation measures to the general public. [...] The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (2003) observed that indicators are: “important tools for tracking the social, economic and environmental effects of changes in our climate.” Indicators may be critical for providing an early warning signal to decision makers and the public with respect to climate change (Erhard et al., 2003). [...] The EEA (2012) defines these purposes as follows1: Table 1: The Purposes of Indicators relating to Climate Change Type of Indicator Main Purpose Climate change indicators Understanding the causes of impacts of climate change Climate impact indicators Understanding the consequences of climate change and determining vulnerability to climate change Vulnerability and climate Monitoring and understandi [...] Categorization of Indicators Together Many organizations that study climate change and develop indicators do not distinguish clearly between climate change indicators and climate impact indicators, and tend to classify both climate change indicators and climate impact indicators into one category called climate change indicators (EPA, 2012; MWLAP, 2003; Cannel et al., 2003).