Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains

Evaluation of the existing adaptation policy mix to address identified key risks in the Western Balkans (continued)

Key risks

Hazards

Key vulnerable sectors

Adaptation policies

Overall effectiveness

Policy coverage

Complementarities or conflicts

Impacts on local communityresilience

Bottlenecks

Health

Water scarcity (urban areas)

Decreased public safety (continued)

Potentially increasing resilience of local communities

Lack of/limited horizontal institutional coordination Lack of awareness

National

Potential conflicts with other energy, agriculture

Flooding

Transport infrastructure and communication Health

Displacement of population

Potentially decreasing resilience of local communities

Lack of/limited institutional coordination Lack of/limited adequate vertical integration EU-local Lack of/limited institutional coordination Lack of/limited adequate vertical integration EU-local Lack of/limited institutional coordination Lack of/limited adequate vertical integration EU-local

Potential complementarities with disaster risk-reduction policies

EU Local

Transport infrastructure and communication Health

Wildfires

Potentially decreasing resilience of local communities

Potential complementarities with disaster risk-reduction policies

EU Local

Land

Rising temperatures Wildfires

Land degradation

Potentially increasing resilience of local communities

Potential complementarities with agriculture, forest and biodiversity, water management

EU National

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