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Abstract : With the continued increase in the Earth's mean temperature, vulnerability to extreme weather events as a result of climate change continues to increase. Vulnerability to climate change has various dimensions. Past studies have focused on assessing vulnerability through two main perspectives – livelihood and climate change. These highlight the limitations of siloed vulnerability assessments, which primarily focus on biophysical and socioeconomic dimensions. Hence, there is a need for a multidimensional framework for climate vulnerability assessment. The NIPEST framework fills this gap by providing a multidimensional tool for measuring community climate vulnerability. It provides a measurement tool for assessing vulnerability level and developing strategies in line with the specific vulnerability identified to improve resilience. It measures vulnerability in six dimensions: natural, institutional, physical, economic, social, and technological. Each of these dimensions is discussed in detail, along with the indicators for assessment. The framework provides a holistic and comprehensive tool for community vulnerability assessment to improve resilience at the local level. Through this, insights into the variations and behavioural patterns of the community to vulnerability will be provided.