ASTM E3032-15e1
Standard Guide for Climate Resiliency Planning and Strategy

Standard No.

ASTM E3032-15e1

Release Date

2015

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E3032-22

Latest

ASTM E3032-22

Scope

4.1 The Use of this Standard Guide—This guide addresses issues related solely to adaptation strategies and development of a plan to address extreme weather and related physical changes. This guide does not include specific guidance on risk assessment, however references are provided in Appendix X3. The matrix approach does reflect general risks for certain regions of the country, based upon the frequency of extreme weather and/or conditions such as fires, floods, storms, drought, and extreme temperatures. Adaptation strategies and planning may consist of a wide variety of actions by an individual, community, or organization to prepare for, or respond to, the impacts of extreme weather.

4.1.1 This guide does not address causes of extreme weather.

4.1.2 This guide addresses adjustment strategies and planning that a group of people or ecosystems make to limit negative effects of extreme weather. It also addresses taking advantage of opportunities that long term extreme weather patterns may present.

4.2 Example Users: 

4.2.1 Small businesses or enterprises;

4.2.2 Service industries;

4.2.3 Federal, state or municipal facilities and regulators, including departments of health and fire departments;

4.2.4 Financial and insurance institutions;

4.2.5 Public works staff, including water system, stormwater system, wastewater system, solid waste, and other utilities (electrical, telephone, gas, et al) and other waste managers, including liquid and solid waste haulers, treatment, recycling, disposal and transfer;

4.2.6 Consultants, auditors, state, municipal and private inspectors and compliance assistance personnel;

4.2.7 Educational facilities;

4.2.8 Property, buildings and grounds management, including landscaping;

4.2.9 Non-regulatory government agencies, such as the military;

4.2.10 Wildlife management entities including government, tribal and NGOs.

4.3 This guide is a first step in crafting simplified goals for managing and communicating risks. The framework describes a process by which the user may categorize current climate risks and a priority approach to manage those risks. The technique classifies common responses for both mitigation and adaptation. The guide groups responses and examples into regions based on experience in responding to risks. The regional classifications f......

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ASTM E3032-15e1 Referenced Document

• ASTM E2114 Standard Terminology for Sustainability
• ASTM E2432 Standard Guide for General Principles of Sustainability Relative to the Built Environment
• ASTM E2718 Standard Guide for Financial Disclosures Attributed to Climate Change*， 2024-04-20 Update
• ASTM E2725 Standard Guide for Basic Assessment and Management of Greenhouse Gases

ASTM E3032-15e1 history

• 2022 ASTM E3032-22 Standard Guide for Climate Resiliency Planning and Strategy
• 2015 ASTM E3032-15e1 Standard Guide for Climate Resiliency Planning and Strategy
• 2015 ASTM E3032-15 Standard Guide for Climate Resiliency Planning and Strategy