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Identifying main adaptation concerns and setting a strategic direction
2.6 Identifying main adaptation concerns and setting a strategic direction
The strategic direction should be defined in terms of what is intended to be achieved and what the targets and objectives are (short-term by the 2030s, medium-term by the 2050s, long-term by the 2080/2100s), based on climate change, socio-economic development and other non-climatic factors.
Main concerns may be impacts and risks that:
- are faced already today;
- will increase due to climate change;
- will affect systems with long life span or key infrastructure (e.g. transport infrastructure and built environment);
- will affect systems irreversibly;
- will increase due to additional non-climate drivers (e.g. problems with health issues will increase due to climate change and the growing group of vulnerable elderly).
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