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Table 1: Examples of major projected impacts on selected sectors

Climate driven Agriculture, forestry Water resources Human health Industry, settlements
phenomena and ecosystems and society
? Drought ? Land degradation ? More widespread ? Increased ? Water shortages for

affected areas ? Crop damage and water stress risk of settlements, industry
increase failure malnutrition and societies

? Increased ? Increased risk ? Reduced hydropower
livestock deaths of water and generation potential
? Increased risk of food-borne Abu Dhabi, UAE
wildfire diseases

? Cyclones and ? Damage to crops ? Power outages ? Increased risk ? Withdrawal of risk

storm surges ? Wind throws cause disruption of deaths, coverage in vulnerable
? Frequency (uprooting) of of public water injuries areas by private
increases trees supply water and insurers
food-borne
diseases

? Damage of coral ? Post- ? Potential for
reefs traumatic population migrations
stress ? Loss of property
disorders

? Sea level rise ? Salinization of ? Decreased ? Increased risk ? Costs of coastal

? Increased irrigation water, freshwater of death and protection versus cost
incidence estuaries and availability due injuries by of land-use relocations
of extreme freshwater to salt water drowning in ? Potential for
high sea-level systems intrusion floods movements of
(excluding ? Migration- population and
tsunamis) related health infrastructure
effects

Source: UNEP, 2009

In the previous chapter, we focused on identifying drivers, pressures, impacts and responses to cope
with current climate, climate variability and weather-related challenges. Similarly, we can estimate
how future climate change will alter the human and natural environment. Figure 9 shows that we can
integrate estimated climate changes such as sea-level rise, increased occurrence of cyclones, changes
in precipitation patterns as trends, and then develop the rest of the elements of the DPSIR. If available,
we can also add future pressures and drivers outlined in scenarios of future socio-economic changes
developed based on IEA Module 6.

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