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Key vulnerabilities
• Vulnerable water resources for hydropower plants and
thermal/atomic plants for cooling.
• Vulnerability of entire energy grid system.
• Vulnerability increase of mining infrastructure and
employee security.
• Increase in vulnerability of active mining infrastructure.
• Increase in vulnerability of old mining infrastructure
(tailing ponds, waste sites etc.).
• Vulnerability of tourism sector e.g. winter sports.
• Vulnerability to infrastructure, indirect vulnerability
through food and water supply.
• Limited ability to cope, particularly for elderly people and
population already suffering from different diseases.
• Vulnerability of economically active population working for
enterprises with low safety standards.
• Vulnerability of population approaching or below the
poverty line and/or socially vulnerable groups.
Key risks
• Interruption of energy supply for population and industry.
• Increase in energy demand.
• Risks for cooling systems.
• Persistent use of traditional energy sources such as firewood
leading to deforestation.
• High risks in casualties and injuries.
• High risks in pollution outbreaks.
• Damage to mining infrastructure and financial losses of
industry from natural hazards.
• Safety and security of visitors, reduction in visitors, loss of
tourism sector revenue, risk to health, energy and water
availability.
• Injuries and casualties.
• Migration triggered by aggravating environmental conditions.
• Destruction of property, livelihoods and infrastructure.
• Increase in poverty.
Summary of Key hazards, vulnerabilities and risks
(continued)
Climate hazards
Energy
• Increase in temperature including
extremely hot days;
• Extreme weather events such as
strong winds/storms, heavy and
intense rainfalls etc.
• Increase in number of natural
disasters land slides, mudslides etc.
Mining industry
• Increase in number of natural
disasters in mining areas, through
heavy rainfalls, etc.
• Increase in number of natural
disasters land slides, mudslides etc.
Tourism
• Increase in temperatures; events
such as floods, landslides,
mudslides, avalanches etc.
Human health and security
• Increase in temperature; including
number of extremely hot days.
• Events such as floods, landslides,
mudslides, avalanches, windstorms
etc.