The cascading effects usually begin with climate impacts on natural systems and resources (e.g. water, soil, species) and have an effect on economic systems that use nature, such as agriculture and forestry, as well as on buildings. They end up having a negative impact on human health and economic systems remote from nature, such as trade. It is necessary to intensify adaptation, particularly at the start of the impact chain. The size of the circles represents the proportion of climate risks rated as high in all the climate impacts in the system area. The thickness of the arrows corresponds to the number of effects one system area has on the other areas.
Source: KWRA 2021
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