Scenario Planning for Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation

Planners help their communities navigate change and prepare for an uncertain future. This task is becoming more complex in a world of accelerated change where the future is more unknowable than ever before. This is particularly true in the context of climate change, which is already playing a major disruptive role in communities across the United States. While the magnitude of disruption is expected to grow significantly in coming decades, the specifics are still highly uncertain. Given this uncertainty, scenario planning can be a highly effective tool for creating hazard-mitigation and climate-adaptation plans that are nimble and responsive to changing future conditions.

Presenters guide participants through the process of crafting scenarios for use in hazard-mitigation and climate-adaptation plans. Learn about external drivers of change, how to consider them during scenario planning, and their role in linking plans with adaptive and resilient actions to address future climate outcomes.

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