The document outlines steps for assessing climate change vulnerability and risk for Santa Clara County, including identifying assets exposed to climate variables like sea level rise, storm surge, and wildfires; calculating estimated economic consequences of asset vulnerability; and generating vulnerability and risk reports, maps, tables, and charts.

1. • Identify assets exposed to climate change variables and associated vulnerability:
o ASSETS: shoreline flood protection, buildings + properties, communications, energy, solid
+ hazardous waste, transportation, water + wastewater.
o CLIMATE VARIABLES: Sea level rise, storm surge, riverine flooding, wildfire, extreme heat
• Calculate estimated levels of economic consequence resulting from asset vulnerability.
• Generate vulnerability and risk reports, maps, tables, and charts.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION
Get Started under
SET UP and select a:
1. Geography
2. Climate variable
3. Physical asset
Learn more about
climate change in
Silicon Valley: the
variables, trends,
projections + more…

2. For more information: Demetra J. McBride, Director, County of Santa Clara Office of Sustainability / demetra.mcbride@ceo.sccgov.org
Funded by a grant from the California Strategic Growth Council / Lead Consultant: AECOM / Tool Development: Point Blue Conservation Science
Choose from several analytical
outputs and formats:
• Vulnerability Summary
• Vulnerability Tables + Charts
• Vulnerability Map
• Risk / Economic Consequences
Use the REPORTS +
OUTPUTS SECTION to
download data files for
the featured climate
variables and physical
assets, available in CSV
for use in Excel and
KML for GIS, Google
Earth and ESRI.