Climate Vulnerability Assessments : An Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability, Risk, and Adaptation in Albania's Energy Sector

Climate Vulnerability Assessments : An Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability, Risk, and Adaptation in Albania's Energy Sector

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 ev...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11494643/climate-vulnerability-assessments-assessment-climate-change-vulnerability-adaptation-albanias-energy-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17532

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Summary:	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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