Food Negative Loss of Effects on Supply needs Impacts on Endangered Biophysical production climate effects regulating water for heating and infrastructure cultural assets thresholds on forest ecosystem availability/ cooling and in cities (for example, landscapes services can shortages accessibility higher lead to the loss temperatures; Tourism of assets and fewer (for example, activity and protection from sports tourism erosion, products avalanches) Table 2.2. Sector interrelationships: Positive impacts of climate change Potential Positive Impacts on Sector from Other Sectors Urban Agriculture Forestry BD&ES Water Energy Transport Human Health Tourism Environment Shelterbelts Increased Opportunities Opportunities: Road network Opportunities Increased Development reduce climate to develop new Biomass as improvement for food demand for of new food ‘green effects; and crop species fuel; benefits reserves for health food types; and farm agriculture’ erosion control subsidized by requiring less disasters and products tourism Agriculture producing bio EU funds may water costs of urban gas; raise crop yield transport agriculture and wind and solar farming Development Building Increased Opportunities Improved Decrease of Increased Shift of demand of new forest ecosystem importance of to use control of fire wood fuel use interest in from forests shelterbelts resilience by wood as and other in urban benefits for from wood Forestry increases forest creating renewable disturbing environment human health; source to territories and migration services of energy source; events due to will improve forest recreation areas corridors; fire forests and improved better transport carbon ecosystem
Tourism Food production Negative climate effects on forest landscapes Loss of regulating ecosystem services can lead to the loss of assets (for example, protection from erosion, avalanches) Effects on water availability/ shortages Supply needs for heating and cooling Impacts on infrastructure and accessibility Endangered cultural assets in cities Biophysical thresholds (for example, higher temperatures; and fewer activity and sports tourism products Table 2.2. Sector interrelationships: Positive impacts of climate change Potential Positive Impacts on Sector from Other Sectors Agriculture Forestry BD&ES Water Energy Transport Urban Environment Human Health Tourism Agriculture Shelterbelts reduce climate effects; and erosion control Increased ‘green agriculture’ subsidized by EU funds may raise crop yield Opportunities to develop new crop species requiring less water Opportunities: Biomass as fuel; producing bio gas; and wind and solar farming Road network improvement benefits costs of transport Opportunities for food reserves for disasters and urban agriculture Increased demand for health food products Development of new food types; and farm tourism Forestry Development of new forest shelterbelts increases forest territories and Building ecosystem resilience by creating migration corridors; fire Increased importance of services of forests and Opportunities to use wood as renewable energy source; improved Improved control of fire and other disturbing events due to better transport Decrease of wood fuel use in urban environment will improve carbon Increased interest in benefits for human health; forest ecosystem Shift of demand from forests from wood source to recreation areas
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