Climate change vulnerability assessment guide

Learn how to assess and address climate vulnerability to protect your heritage place or object.

  • Heritage guidance
  • Climate change
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Climate vulnerability depends on how exposed a place is to the climate and how sensitive it is to that exposure.

Understanding the vulnerability of your heritage place or object is crucial.

It helps you:  

  • identify the nature and severity of risks from different climate hazards  

  • develop and prioritise actions to reduce these risks.  

A tool for owners and managers

The vulnerability assessment guide is a tool for owners and managers to assess how vulnerable your place or object is to climate change. 

The guide:

  • follows the key principles developed by the Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria for protecting heritage places and objects from climate change

  • provides questions to help owners and managers assess the potential impacts of climate change on your place or object.  

The type of heritage place or object you have, and its condition, will also influence how sensitive it will be to climate impacts. 

Use the guide and the tables below to start thinking about vulnerability. The tables focus on 8 common types of historical heritage places and objects. 

You should consult qualified and experienced heritage specialists when conducting a climate vulnerability or risk assessment for your place or object.

Assessment tables

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