Climate Risk Assessment Template Draft

what about including sea level rise? In places like Miami, that's not only coastal flooding...

List of risks misses Air Quality risk and clean drinking water supply. Whether or not wildfires occur in NYC, we have been inundated with high AQI days for weeks due to drifting wildfire smoke from Canada which not only make activity outdoors difficult, but also can cause indoor air quality issues. For example, during the first wave of canadian wildfires in 2023, a team with a professional air meter measured AQI levels in the subway that were double those outdoors. So, if outdoors was AQI 200, subway was 400. Air pollution is the #1 cause of death globally according to the WHO. PM2.5, ozone, nitrous and sulfur oxides, etc. are known to cause disease and early death. Poor outdoor air quality affects not only health but quality of life. There are some insurance companies that are now tracking this metric as well. As far as water, no one takes this seriously but check out the NY Times series on water availability and you will understand why people need to know what's going on with that. And with the advent of AI, data centers are just the latest type of industrial users of water that folks just don't understand how this will impact their future as well. Also check out the documentary "The Grab" to understand the global extent of this problem. NYC's water is great but NY Times covered a story last year or so about 10% of our water supply is at risk from salt inundation from road salting in the winter. Can't take anything for granted now, including clean air and water.

For all of these, I think there needs to be a specific column that considers if/how likely there is to be a power outage. I think it would also be helpful if EGC could find a resource that allows owners to understand the frequency and duration of power outages.

I recognize there is a limitation as to what can happen with this criterion, but I do think that there's a need to do more than utilize the portfolio protect tool. First, where it references the NRI, this is based on historic data, and doesn't account for future impacts (which feels really important for affordable housing with 15 - 100 year affordability covenants).

Additionally, the NRI is a percentile-based not absolute tool. Meaning that an affordable houser's defined risk is based on the rest of the country. As an example, some places may be moderate or low for heat waves re: NRI, but in reality are expecting dramatic increases... but just not as much as the very hot places.

I'd just consider what other tools could be used to complement existing tools. There's been a lot of evolution in this space since the 2020 criteria.

What are the specific requirements to comply with this item?
When filling everything out, is there a specific requirement as to how many items must have adaptation strategies?

Recognise the consequences of compounding hazards, cascading impacts, and long-term effects from these hazards.

Could this be hyperlinked for ease of reference?

Consider including operations of the building and potential downtime / displacement of residents, in addition to direct damage

Similar suggestion to what I noted previously about present/historic hazards and risks vs. hazards/risks based on future climate projections. Standard guidance for future time horizons is that the climate projection data should align with the expected building lifecycle - I think most projects choose a 50-year time horizon.

Can we provide a hyperlink to this resource?

similar comment about wording. I would just make sure we are using adaptation/adaptive/mitigation, etc. consistently throughout when we are talking about climate risk and resilience.

Small comment, but in the name of the criterion, you call is adaptive planning and here you call it adaptation planning. I would just suggest making sure the wording is the same/aligned throughout.

These comments are a combination of issues after review by the staff at RPM. While we understand the need to identify climate risks specified in the template, there should be some recognition of area or municipal planning for these risks separate from planning for individual buildngs. Can a buildng owner say they are familiar with a municipalities pllan for adverse outcomes? Many of the risks identified suggest a commuity rather than building specific response.

It would be much easier if this is a single chart