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ENV/WKP(2011)6• Different levels of maturity of the tools: piloting phase, reviewed and updated based onpreliminary experiences, and extensively used.The tools were also selected for analysis on the basis that they either provide a representative sampleof some of the more ‘mature’ tools in the field with active users, or that they capture innovative aspects ofthe climate risk management process such as strategic decision-making. Most have been developed, pilotedin multiple countries in multiple contexts, and rolled out through training programmes and developmentco-operation projects. Some are being reviewed and updated based on preliminary experiences (CEDRA,CRiSTAL). Two of the tools – DFID’s Strategic Programme Review (SPR) and Christian Aid’sAdaptation Toolkit – are newer to the field and are still in a pilot or rollout phase. The SPR was included inthe analysis as it built on DFID’s earlier experiences of piloting its screening and assessment tool ORCHID(Opportunities and Risk from Climate Change and Disasters), and represents a move to climate riskassessment across whole country offices and their business planning processes. The Christian AidAdaptation Toolkit has received significant attention, particularly among development NGOs, even thoughit was still in draft form when this paper was written.Table 6 compares the tools in terms of their stage in the mainstreaming process, target audience,procedural use, and key inputs and outputs. While most of the donor tools and approaches are increasinglya mandatory part of programme development and management procedure, those in NGOs remainvoluntary. This reflects the move towards linking climate screening and assessment with existingenvironment assessment processes in place in most donor agencies (Agrawala et al., 2010).It should be noted that several of the agencies or organisations covered in this analysis have produceda range of climate screening and/or assessment tools. CARE, for example, has a Toolkit for IntegratingAdaptation into Projects, in which the application of CVCA is encouraged. GTZ’s Climate Proofing forDevelopment tool emerged from BMZ’s Climate Check tool (now integrated into its EIA process), whichwas targeted specifically at GTZ staff. Thus, the tools reviewed here are not representative of the full rangeof tools that have been developed by their respective agencies.24