Assessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Table 7 summarizes the risk scores for for the most significant impacts related to Priority 4.
Table 7
No.
15
20
20
Summary of risk scores, Priority 4: Changing climate conditions that affect land, water, animals
and plants
Impact
Risk score
(1-25) Likelihood x
Consequence
Likelihood
based on a score from 1 (very
low) to 5 (very high)
Consequences to
values
Changing winter
INF FS
conditions affect
12
15
EN
13
High: More likely than not
to occur multiple times
⚫ Threats to wildlife
ecosystems,
CH
AC
CM
wildlife and
per decade; may occur
annually
Changes
13
14
14
to the land
biodiversity
LH
EH
HW
15
17
12
Freshwater
INF FS
EN
temperatures rise
7
13
7
in some rivers and
CH
AC CM
lakes, disrupting
Snow, ice,
water
10
7
9
ecosystems
LH
EH
12
13
HW
10
Changing climate
S
INF
FS
EN
Moderate: More likely
affects composi-
9
11
tion, distribution
decade; may occur
CH
AC CM
and movement of
multiple times per
Changes
to the land
11
9
11
plants and animals
decade
LH
EH
HW
Moderate: More likely
than not to occur once
per decade; may occur
multiple times per decade
9 than not to occur once per
and plant health and
abundance
Changes to
migration patterns
• Stress to wildlife
habitats (terrestrial
and aquatic)
• Threats to
biodiversity
• Food security
concerns
Health and
well-being impacts
from reduced food
security
Impacts to cultural
and community
values from
reduced access to
•
•
•
11
15
12
country food
Changing climate
INF FS
EN
High: More likely than not
conditions affect
8
19
9
to occur multiple times
health and
CH
AC
CM
availability of
per decade; may occur
annually
Changes
to the land
18
10
15
plants and
animals
LH
EH
HW
17
20
14
A warming
INF FS
EN
climate worsens
6
14
6
the spread of
CH
AC
CM
illness and
High: More likely than not
to occur multiple times
per decade; may occur
annually
Changes
to the land
12
6
14
parasites in plant
and animals
LH
EH
HW
12
16
16
23
24
26
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Legend:
The nine values: AC = Access CH = Culture and heritage CM = Community EH = Environmental Health
FS = Food security HW = Health and well-being INF = Infrastructure LH = livelihoods
Likelihood score: 1 =
very low 2 = low 3 moderate 4 = high 5 = very high
Risk score
Low 0-4
Low 5-8
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Moderate 9-12
Moderate 13-15
EN = Energy
High 16-20
High 21-25
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