National Adaptation Forum Summer Rewind Series Part 1: “A Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool”

The National Adaptation Forum Presents their Summer Rewind Series Part 1: “A Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool”

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Description:Ready for a rewind? Revisit the 2017 webinar which presented the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC)’s North American Marine Protected Area Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool. The tool was designed in a collaborative process with EcoAdapt, the CEC and west coast of North America marine protected area managers and scientists. The tool was created to help marine protected area managers evaluate the implications of climate change for the habitats of their sites. The tool, available in English and Spanish, has three parts (a user guide, a set of blank worksheets, and a booklet containing sample completed worksheets), which used together allow marine protected area managers conduct a rapid vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy development process. Learn why the tool was created, an overview of the tool, and applications of it. Also, get an exclusive update on the relevance of tool still in 2019 by Eric Mielbrecht from EcoAdapt. 

Eric Mielbrecht, EcoAdapt
Eric Mielbrecht, Directing Scientist and Director of Operations, is an EcoAdapt co-founder and specializes in assessing anthropogenic stresses and the risks they pose in natural and built environments. He is particularly interested in bridging gaps between research, decision-making processes and action – all with strong stakeholder involvement. Eric also wears the operations director hat at EcoAdapt and helps with ‘the work that needs to get done to get the work done.’ However, he is occasionally let out of the office and plays a key role in climate change vulnerability assessment processes, stakeholder workshop facilitation, and doing other helpful things.