The guidelines aid the municipalities in determining which aspects of climate adaptation can be included in a municipal risk and vulnerability analyses (RVA) and which fall outside. They also describe how a municipality, on the basis of local conditions, can select which future weather events and effects of climate change are important enough to include in its RVA. The guidelines are aimed at two target groups. The first is made up of those who have overall responsibility for climate adaptation in the municipality and want to acquire an understanding of which aspects of work on climate adaptation can be performed within the framework of a municipal RVA. The second consists of those who conduct the RVA and who wish to find out which climate-related weather events can be included in the analysis and how this can be done. The guidelines may help in obtaining answers to these questions: ? What aspects of municipal climate adaptation can be handled within the framework of the RVA process? ? What aspects fall outside this and so have to be handled in another way? ? On the basis of local conditions, which events are the most relevant for the municipality to study as part of the municipal RVA?