Assessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Table 13 (continued)
Impact
1
16
28
29
Legend:
Risk score
(1-25) Likelihood x
Consequence
Likelihood
based on a score from 1
(very low) to 5 (very high)
Consequences to
values
Tourism
Wildfire smoke
is transported
INF
FS
EN
15
16
15
long distances,
CH
AC
CM
affecting local and
16
16
15
Wildfire
regional air quality
LH
EH
HW
16
17
17
Changes to snow
INF
St
FS
EN
and ice cover
21
21 16
High: More likely than not
to occur multiple times
per decade; may occur
annually
Very high: Likely annual,
ongoing occurrences
Safety risks and
reduced access for
tourism activities
such as dog mush-
ing, snowmobiling,
hunting and fishing,
boating, skiing and
snowshoeing, and
backcountry access
create unsafe or
CH
AC
CM
unreliable
Snow, ice,
water
19
23
19
conditions that
reduce access
LH
EH
HW
20
21
20
The health and
INF
FS
EN
High: More likely than not
safety of people
12
14
12
to occur multiple times
on land are at risk
CH
AC CM
from variability,
per decade; may occur
annually
Extreme
weather
15
12
15
uncertainty and
extreme weather
LH
EH
HW
16
13
14
Flooding in
INF
FS
EN
High: More likely than not
communities is
16
14 14
more frequent
CH
AC CM
and severe
to occur multiple times
per decade; may occur
annually
Snow, ice,
water
14
15
14
LH
EH
HW
12
12
13
The nine values: AC = Access CH = Culture and heritage CM = Community EH = Environmental Health
FS = Food security HW = Health and well-being INF = Infrastructure LH = livelihoods
Likelihood score: 1 =
very low 2 = low 3 moderate 4 = high 5 = very high
EN =
Risk score
Low 0-4
Low 5-8
Moderate 9-12
Moderate 13-15
High 16-20
High 21-25
Energy
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