1. Humanitarian perspective on CLIMATE
CHANGE adaptation
Tbilisi, 26 March 2014

3. Ice storm in Slovenia, February 2014
Three days of blizzards
and a freak ice storm
have inflicted “the
worst devastation in
living memory” in the
small Alpine country of
Slovenia as life in half of
the country was frozen
in place.

7. Estimated damages in Slovenia
• Damage wrought on Slovenia's forests during a
heavy ice storm earlier this month is estimated at
194 million EUR
• According to figures issued by Slovenia's forest
management agency ZGS, around half a million
out of 1.18 million hectares (2.91 million acres) of
Slovenia's forests were damaged by the ice
storm.
• the damage inflicted on the country's
infrastructure, most notably on electricity lines,
railways and roads, amounted to 120 million EUR.

8. Displacement by weather/climate related hazards
vs. geophysical hazards

10. • Do you know what the key issues are related to climate change in your
country?
• ……Do you know what climate change impacts are expected in your
country?
• ……Do you know where your government stands in the NAP process?
• ……Do you know the climate change priorities and strategies of your
national government?
• ……Do you know what other organizations are doing to address climate
change?
• ……Who is the national climate change focal point and in which
government ministry is he/she located?
• ……Who are the other key stakeholders working on climate change issues
in your country?