Assessment on impacts and risks in the Basque Autonomous Communíty

• Global rainfali could potentially decrease by 15% or 20%. It will partially increase especially in winter and significative[y decrease in summer.
• It is expected that extreme temperatures will worsen, therefore, by the end of this century, maximum and minimum temperatures can vary between 1 ºC and 3 °C.
• The likely rise of the sea level and the increase in the swell direction and strength can reduce between 11 and 13 metres the surface of the beaches in the BAC by the middle of the 21st century.

Several sectors are exposed to the risks linked to these impacts, such as the agriculture, fishing and tourism sectors, as well as biodiversity.

The situation TODAY

Emissions in the Basque Autonomous Community have increased by 22 % with regard to the base year, 1990. The biggest part of the GHG emissions comes from transport, industry and the energy sector.