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Module Table 1 Examples of major projected impacts on selected sectors

Climate driven Agriculture, forestry Water resources Human health Industry, settlements and
phenomena and ecosystems society
? Temperature ? Increased ? Effects ? Reduced ? Reduced energy
9-12 December, 2013 ? Over most land ? Decreased ? Effects on from ? Declining air quality in
human
change
yields in colder
on water
demand for heating and
mortality
resources
increased demand for
environments
cooling
relying on
areas, warmer
increased
snow melt
yields in warmer
and fewer cold
cold
cities
environments
days and nights
exposure
warmer and
some water
? Increased insect
? Reduced disruption to
more frequent
hot days and
ice
nights outbreaks supply transport due to Snow,
? Effects on winter
tourism
? Heat waves ? Reduced yields in ? Increased ? Increased ? Reduction in quality

? Warm spells warmer regions water demand risk of of life for people in
? Frequency due to heat stress ? Water quality heat-related warm areas without
increases over ? Wildfire danger problems (e.g., mortality, appropriate housing
most land areas increases algal blooms) especially for ? Impacts on elderly, very
the elderly, young and poor
chronically
sick, very
young and
socially
isolated
? Heavy ? Damage to crops ? Adverse ? Increased risk ? Disruption of

precipitation ? Soil erosion effects on of deaths, settlements, commerce
events ? Inability to quality of injuries, transport and societies
? Frequency cultivate land due surface and infectious, due to flooding
increases over to waterlogging groundwater respiratory ? Pressures on urban and
most land areas of soils ? Contamination and skin rural infrastructure
of water diseases ? Loss of property
supply
? Water stress
maybe relieved

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Vulnerability and Impact assessments for Adaption to Climate Change (VIA Module)