Assessment of vulnerability to climate change of coastal communities in the Gulf of California and the Yucatan Peninsula: vulnerability outputs

The dataset includes the outputs of the project: "Assessment of vulnerability to climate change of coastal communities in the Gulf of California and the Yucatan Peninsula: vulnerability outputs" funded by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and awarded to H. Reyes-Bonilla (UABCS). 

This study analyzed vulnerability of fisheries-dependent coastal communities based on three components: a) adaptive capacity (84 indicators), which reflect the ability of a community to respond and recover after adverse events; b) susceptibility (11 indicators) which was determined based on fishing dependence; and c) exposure (31 indicators) that was evaluated with current environmental data. Future vulnerability was determined for a 2050 horizon and based on two climate change scenarios: SSP126, which represents low emissions, and SSP585, which takes into consideration that the amount of greenhouse gases will continue to increase. These data come from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6), which serves as the basis for the 6th IPCC report. We evaluated vulnerability using indicators what were available at the local scale.