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Incorporating results is the third phase of climate risk management for projects, after conducting the project-level climate risk assessment. To realize the benefits of conducting the climate risk assessment and be able to address and adaptively manage risks during activity design and implementation, design teams must incorporate assessment results into project design. Incorporating CRM into project designs facilitates consideration of climate risks during activity design and implementation. Incorporating assessment results involves refining objectives, incorporating into the project appraisal document (PAD), and documenting results in the environmental compliance analysis.

Conducting the climate risk assessment is the second phase of climate risk management for projects, following planning for the assessment. Conducting a climate risk assessment consists of three interrelated steps—assessing climate risks, addressing climate risks, and planning for adaptive management. The assessment also involves consideration of opportunities to enhance results and build climate resilience.

Planning for the climate risk assessment is the first phase of climate risk management for projects. This phase entails planning for an assessment of climate risks and opportunities. Planning involves two major steps, the order of which is not strict—reviewing previously completed screenings and determining the appropriate assessment approach.

This page introduces the implementation of climate risk management (CRM) for project design and implementation. CRM is also implemented for strategies and activities. Climate risk management at the project level involves a careful examination of climate risks that can be addressed through project design as well as climate risks that may be possible to address during activity design and implementation. CRM at this stage also elucidates and informs further analyses that may be needed later in the program cycle to manage climate risks. Although USAID policy allows flexibility in the application of climate risk management (CRM), the process generally comprises four phases (with several steps within each phase)—planning for the assessment, conducting the assessment, incorporating the results of the assessment, and implementing and adaptively managing the project.