Climate Vulnerability Assessments : An Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability, Risk, and Adaptation in Albania's Energy Sector
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Many countries are increasingly
vulnerable to destructive weather events, floods, droughts,
windstorms, or other parameters. The vulnerability is driven
in part by recent extremes in climate variability but also
by countries' sensitivity to events exacerbated by past
practices, socioeconomic conditions, or legacy issues. The
degree to which vulnerability to weather affects the
countries' economies is driven by their coping or
adaptive capacities. This overview showcases a pilot
vulnerability, risk, and adaptation assessment undertaken
for Albania's energy sector to raise awareness and
initiate dialogue on energy sector adaptation. This pilot
assessment demonstrates an approach that can be used to help
countries and energy sector stakeholders develop policies
and projects that are robust in the face of climatic
uncertainties, and assist them in managing existing energy
concerns as the climate changes. It identifies key direct
risks to energy supply and demand and options for adaptation
to establish where to focus subsequent in-depth analyses. It
also identifies additional research needed to better
understand the implications of extreme climatic events for
the energy sector as well as potential indirect impacts,
such as possible adaptation actions in the agriculture
sector that may affect energy supply.
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AIR, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, APPROACH, BIOMASS, CL, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLOUDINESS, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, COST-BENEFIT, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CYCLONES, DAMS, DEFORESTATION, DEMAND FOR POWER, DISCOUNT RATES, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECOSYSTEM, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY PLANNING, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY SYSTEM, EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS, EXTREME EVENTS, FLOODS, GAS, GAS PRODUCTION, GAS TURBINE, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER FACILITIES, HYDROPOWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER PLANTS, HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION, HYDROPOWER SYSTEMS, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPORT PRICES, IMPORTS, IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INCOME, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION CANALS, LARGE HYDROPOWER, LOAD SHEDDING, OIL, PORTFOLIO, POWER, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER PRODUCERS, POWER PRODUCTION, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, RAINFALL, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION, RESERVOIR, RESERVOIRS, RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RIVER, RIVER BASIN, RIVER FLOWS, RIVERS, SCENARIOS, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT, SENSITIVITY ANALYSES, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION, SOLAR POWER, SOLAR WATER HEATING, SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY, SUMMER PEAK, SUMMER PEAK DEMAND, SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER PLANT, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, TOTAL DEMAND, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TURBINE, UNCERTAINTIES, WATER LEVELS, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WEATHER PATTERNS, WIND, WIND POWER, WIND POWER GENERATION, WIND SPEEDS