Tools and Frameworks to Assess Climate Change Impacts

This 2014 report identifies and evaluates 15 tools and frameworks designed to help the private sector assess climate change risks, with a specific focus on applicability to the Kenyan context. It highlights that climate risks already cost Kenya approximately 2% of its annual GDP and recommends four specific tools (from the Pew Centre, NRTEE, Oxfam/Acclimatise, and UNEP/Oxford) as the most suitable for Kenyan businesses due to their low complexity and high relevance.

• Climate change is already impacting several business sectors in Kenya, including tourism, manufacturing, and agro-processing. The Stockholm Environment Institute estimated that climate risks cost Kenya's economy approximately 2.0 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually, with additional net economic costs potentially reaching 2.6 percent of GDP per year by 2030.
• Integrating climate risk into business planning affects multiple operational areas: Human Resources (requiring staff training for severe weather and strategic reorientation), Procurement (prioritizing assets with resilience to hazards like flash floods and heat waves), and Supply Chains (requiring contingency plans for disruptions to just-in-time delivery).
• Private sector businesses often face significant barriers to climate risk assessment and action, including a lack of geographic-specific impact data, uncertainty regarding the timing of impacts, a lack of cost-benefit information, and unsupportive policy environments.
• The report identifies four tools as most promising for the Kenyan private sector due to their low complexity and high applicability: 'Adapting Climate Change: A Business Approach' (Pew Centre), 'Building Business Resilience in a Changing Climate: Business Primer – Facing the Elements' (National Round Table for the Environment and the Economy), 'Business ADAPT' (Oxfam and Acclimatise), and 'Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector' (UNEP and University of Oxford).

APA

Murphy, D., Parry, J.-E., Harris, M., & Dion, J. (2014). Tools and Frameworks to Assess Climate Change Impacts. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Tools-for-Climate-Assessment_Feb.pdf

Chicago

Murphy, Deborah, Jo-Ellen Parry, Melissa Harris, and Jason Dion. Tools and Frameworks to Assess Climate Change Impacts. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Tools-for-Climate-Assessment_Feb.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2014tools, author = {Murphy, Deborah and Parry, Jo-Ellen and Harris, Melissa and Dion, Jason}, title = {{Tools and Frameworks to Assess Climate Change Impacts}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = feb, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Tools-for-Climate-Assessment_Feb.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }