Climate Vulnerability Index

Climate Vulnerability Index
Data Category
Demographics • Health outcomes
Spatial Extent
United States
Chemicals
N/A
Provider
Environmental Defense Fund
Temporal Resolution
N/A
Update Frequency
Rolling Basis
Description

Uses 184 sets of data to rank a community's vulnerability to climate change. Considers four baseline vulnerability categories (health, social/economic, infrastructure, environment) as well as current and projected impacts of climate change.

Potential Uses
• Find associated risk for a chemical
• Find demographic data related to polluted areas
• Visualize distribution of pollutants and harm
Limitations
N/A
Associated Tools or Datasets