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• Disruptions of services in one infrastructure will almost always result in disrup-
tions in one or more other infrastructures, especially in urban systems, trig-
gering serious cross-sectoral cascading infrastructure system failures in some
locations, at least for short periods of time
See Section III A, III C 3, IV D
High consensus, strong evidence
• These risks are greater for infrastructures that are:
• Located in areas exposed to extreme weather events
• Located at or near particularly climate-sensitive environmental features, such as
coastlines, rivers, storm tracks, and vegetation in arid areas
• Already stressed by age and/or by demand levels that exceed what they were
designed to deliver
See Section III A, III C 2
High consensus, strong evidence
• These risks are significantly greater if climate change is substantial rather than
moderate
High consensus, strong evidence;
also see NCA climate change scenarios
and IPCC SREX 2011
See Section III C 3, IV D
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