Municipal Vulnerability Indicators Tool Training Session Recording Available
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Are you curious about your town’s social, environmental, and economic characteristics, and how climate change might impact your community? Would you like to learn how to use maps to identify vulnerabilities and inform local planning decisions?
The Municipal Vulnerability Indicators Tool (MVI) is a mapping tool to help municipalities understand their vulnerabilities to climate change across several social, economic, and environmental factors. The MVI can help Vermont communities identify where climate change is placing pressure on transportation, electrical grid, housing, emergency services, communications infrastructure, and more. It can inform towns’ hazard mitigation plans, local energy plans, or other climate-related efforts. It includes both climate hazard data (for hazards where mapping is feasible), and community characteristics that could indicate vulnerability to climate hazards.
Developed by Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources, you can access the MVI tool, a helpful User Guide and an Introduction Video here. You can also view a recorded virtual training session co-hosted by WRC and Mount Ascutney Regional Commission to learn more.
