ECA Projects

Around the world multiple ECA studies are being implemented by a variety of organizations. Each with different foci at carrying scales, targeting different hazards and assets. As institutional settings and the data environments vary around the world each study faces different challenges. This overview provides you a first glance at the wide array in which ECA studies can be conducted based on their key parameters such as the time horizon, geographical scale, observed hazards and assets.

Somalia
National Climate Risk Analysis for Adaptation Decision-Making in Somalia
Zambia
Strengthening the Drought Resilience of Zambia's Agricultural Sector: Developing Adaptation Roadmaps for the Agricultural Sector of the Eastern and Southern Provinces
Pakistan
Improving Climate Governance in Pakistan: Comprehensive Climate Risk Assessments and the Development of Sectoral Guidelines (ICG-PAK)
Egypt and Thailand
Enhancing Risk Assessments (ERA) for Improved Country Risk Financing Strategies
United Kingdom
Urban Climate Risk in Kingston upon Hull
Hull has experienced multiple floods in the past and is one of the cities most at risk from...
Bangladesh
Urban risks from flood, monsoon and storm surge in Barisal
Lying on the banks of the Kirtankhola River, Barisal has one of the country’s most important river ports and faces climate risks such as cyclones and floods.
El Salvador
Urban Flood Risk in San Salvador Metropolitan Area
The capital city of El Salvador, San Salvador experiences a high rate of urbanization putting increasing pressure on ecological and environmental systems limiting potential areas to grow for the city.
China
Urban Flood Risk in Lishui City
Lishui City in the in the southwest of Zhejing province faces severe riverine flooding.
Morocco
Flood Risk in Industrial Zones
A large number of industrial zones are located in vulnerable areas which poses long-term risks to their economic...
Hue, Vietnam
FloodADAPT
Central Viet Nam is characterized by rapid urbanization, particularly in small and medium-sized coastal cities. At the same...
Can Tho, Vietnam
Compound Flood Risk & Heat Waves in Can Tho City
The city Can Tho, also referred to as the economic centre of the Mekong Delta, and with that...
Honduras
San Pedro Sula - Honduras Urban Flood Risk
Floods are a major concern as around 32% of the 754,000 inhabitants live in risk areas. The ECA study is focusing on measures to protect the most vulnerable population, especially those located in the shorelines of the rivers, road, electric and drainage infrastructure, as well...
Barbados
Climate Risk in the Renewable Energy Sector
As a small island developing state, Barbados is affected by climate change impacts, particularly severe weather events.
Ethiopia
Drought Risk in Afar and Somali
Droughts are a major concern in the Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia. The effects of droughts on...