MD Climate Vulnerability Score

The Climate Vulnerability Score (CVS) evaluates communities disproportionately affected by climate impacts at the census tract level using MDEnviroScreen's Environmental Justice Score as a proxy for underserved and overburdened communities, the proportion of tree canopy cover within a census tract, and its exposure to four additional climate indicators. Together these datasets define climate vulnerability as a function of climate exposure and community impact to classify communities as having a baseline, low, moderate, or high vulnerability. Read the full methodology here.气候脆弱性评分（Climate Vulnerability Score，CVS）以人口普查街区为基本研究单元，针对受气候影响不成比例的社区开展评估。该评分以MDEnviroScreen的环境正义评分作为服务不足与负担过重社区的替代指标，结合普查街区内的树冠覆盖率，以及该区域面临的额外四项气候暴露指标进行综合测算。上述数据集共同将气候脆弱性定义为气候暴露度与社区影响的综合函数，进而将社区划分为基准、低、中、高四类脆弱性等级。完整方法学说明请参见此处。