Mountain Adaptation Outlook Series - Synthesis Report

TYPICAL CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS IN MOUNTAINS

RISING TEMPERATURES

HEAVY SNOW FALL

EXTREME COLD

REDUCED SNOW COVER

AVALANCHE

MELTING GLACIERS

DEGRADATION OF FORESTS & ECOSYSTEMS

LANDSLIDES

GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD

WILDFIRES

EROSION & SOIL DEGRADATION

FLOODS

WATER SCARCITY

DROUGHTS

CHANGES IN STREAM FLOW

VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES

LOW RIVER FLOW

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