Publication Name

Heavy snow precipitation

and cold extremes

Appearance of new disease

vectors

Decreasing annual river

discharge and low-flow

periods in the summer,

including droughts

Rising temperatures

Climate hazard

Key vulnerabilities

Key risks

• Rural mountain communities, particularly the

elderly and children, located in high-altitude

settlements with poor road access and/or poor

housing and infrastructure to cope with heavy

snowfalls and extreme cold

• Urban and rural populations exposed to and

unaware of prevention measures for new vector-

borne diseases such as dengue fever, Chikungunya

and tick-borne encephalatis , the spread of which is

favoured by warming temperatures

• Limited capacities of health sector

• Hydropower and thermal power facilities which

are exposed to decreases in annual discharge and

changing seasonality of river flows, and rising

river temperatures

• The irrigation andwater supply needs of agriculture

and farming

• Poor water supply infrastructure, with high losses

in the system

• Agricultural crops require certain temperature

range to grow productively

• Significant presence of rare, endemic and

vulnerable species and habitats that are sensitive to

change temperature regimes

• Inaccessibility of essential services (e.g. emergency

healthcare for elderly at times of need) and reduced

communication due to heavy snow precipitation and

cold extremes

• Increased cold-related mortality and morbidity

especially among vulnerable sectors of the population

• Economic and livelihood losses due to loss of livestock

• Morbidity, illness and increased burden on healthcare

systems due to emerging diseases

• Epidemics

• Decreased security of energy supply, with inability/strain

to meet energy demand during peak summer months

when demand is highest and output is lowest

• Loss of crop yield and livestock

• Water shortages, and water supply outage inmajor urban

areas

• Lower productivity leading to economic losses in the

agricultural sector

• Loss of valuable species and habitats

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Summary of Key hazards, vulnerabilities and risks

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