Cumulative eff ects assessment (CEA) has been a key element of good-practice impact assessment for more than 40 years in countries such as the United States and Canada. It is now implemented widely in many countries in a variety of project-based, regional, and strategic contexts. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2013:21) of the World Bank defi nes CEA as: The process of (a) analyzing the potential impacts and risks of proposed developments in the context of the potential eff ects of other human activities and natural environmental and social external drivers on the chosen [valued component] over time, and (b) proposing concrete measures to avoid, reduce, or mitigate such cumulative impacts and risks to the extent possible.

Cumulative Effects Assessment

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Document Type: Report

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  • Jill Blakley
  • Peter Duinker
  • Lorne Grieg
  • George Hegmann
  • Bram Noble

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Institution: IAIA

Date: 2017

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Cumulative eff ects assessment (CEA) has been a key element of good-practice impact assessment for more than 40 years in countries such as the United States and Canada. It is now implemented widely in many countries in a variety of project-based, regional, and strategic contexts. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2013:21) of the World Bank defi nes CEA as: The process of (a) analyzing the potential impacts and risks of proposed developments in the context of the potential eff ects of other human activities and natural environmental and social external drivers on the chosen [valued component] over time, and (b) proposing concrete measures to avoid, reduce, or mitigate such cumulative impacts and risks to the extent possible.

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