Introduction to climate risk assessment

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Summary of the activity

This training activity defines risk assessment and its purpose, as well as the associated terminology.  Risk assessment is then explained based on the following steps, using a risk matrix:   

  • Risk identification 

  • Risk analysis 

  • Risk evaluation 
     

General objective

Gain a general understanding of risk assessment
 

What you’ll learn
  • Indicate the relationship between risk, hazard, exposure, vulnerability, consequence and likelihood  

  • Name each of the steps in risk assessment and their objectives  

  • Explore the risk matrix as a tool for performing risk assessment

 

Duration and format
  • In French only

  • About 2 hours 

  • Lecture with question period

  • Real-time

  • Online

  • By registration only

  • Free

April 24th 2025, 10:00

Limited places

 

May 6th 2025, 10:00

Limited places

 

June 12th 2025, 10:00

Limited places

 

Preparatory content

Before taking this training activity, we strongly recommend that you consult the guide Climate change adaptation planning:

Presenter
Sonia Hachem
Ouranos

Sonia Hachem holds a PhD in Geographic Sciences from Laval University. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the mapping of permafrost zones from satellite images in the circum-Arctic zone with Laval University, Waterloo University and the European Space Agency. She also holds a degree in Higher Education Pedagogy. She worked as a geography teacher at the college level for 6 years.

At Ouranos since 2019, she joigned the Knowledge Transfer andTraining team in 2020 as Research and Knowledge Transfer Specialist.

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