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and high population growth rates, the Kingdom of Bahrain has a limited capacity to adapt to
relative sea level rise which underlines the need to undertake risk assessment measures and
develop an appropriative adaptive strategy to cope with impacts of sea level rise.

9-12 December, 2013 BOX 8 Assessing sensitivity of the climate and adaptation sector in Syria

Syria
Assessing sensitivity of the
climate and adaptation sector

Climate Change Assessment Socio economic impact

Agriculture Forestry

Biodiversity Human Health

Water Resources Costal Resources

Energy

EXERCISE (4)

In your groups, identify major climate impacts in your selected ecosystems, or select a different
one. To obtain information about the future climate, use the websites listed above (suggested:
http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal, http://preview.grid.unep.ch/ or available country
projections), then complete the following two tasks on flipchart paper:

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