Ports set sail for climate action
As climate change reveals the vulnerabilities of infrastructure, ISO is providing the tools to enable the assessment of risk and adapt to it.
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This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change. It describes how to understand vulnerability and how to develop and implement a sound risk assessment in the context of climate change. It can be used for assessing both present and future climate change risks.
Risk assessment according to this document provides a basis for climate change adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation for any organization, regardless of size, type and nature.
General information
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Status : PublishedPublication date : 2021-02
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Edition : 1Number of pages : 39
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Technical Committee:Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities
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- ICS :
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Environmental impact assessment
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Pollution, pollution control and conservation
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