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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan 4. Risk and Vulnerability • While not the focus of this phase of the regional vulnerability assessment, participants repeatedly articulated a broad concern about the potential consequences of a dam failure. Climate Change — Specific Findings • Sectors most likely to experience negative impacts associated with climate change are natural systems, drinking water, and, to a lesser extent, food, electricity, and public health. Several sector managers in the drinking water, public health, and natural systems sectors are actively planning for the impacts of climate change. For the most part, other sectors are not. • Most built community sectors don't appear to be at severe risk from projected climate -related impacts such as increasing temperatures, reduced snowpack, or changes in precipitation. However, the region's natural systems are highly sensitive to climate change and the resulting secondary impacts on community sectors and regional economy could become substantial. Population • While not a focus of this assessment, the added pressures from an increasing Willamette Valley population — adding 1.2 million people$$ in the valley over the next 25 years - will likely place further strain on fresh water resources. Stresses would be even greater if the population grows faster than projections suggest. Fossil Fuels • All but one group indicated their sectors rely heavily on fossil fuels and fossil fuel -derived products to operate. Health care, food, water, transportation, public safety, electricity, and housing appear most dependent. • Natural systems is the only sector with a low dependency on fossil fuels to function • There is not yet widespread planning for how sectors will manage the rising fuel prices anticipated in the coming decades. Most indicate added cost will be passed on to the customer. A notable exception is public safety, where sector managers indicated service levels would be reduced if there is no customer base or political will to absorb the increased costs. • Nearly every group indicated the rate at which fuel prices increase makes all the difference. A slow increase in prices is manageable; a sharp increase in prices 88 Environmental Migrants and the Future of The Willamette Valley: A Preliminary Exploration. USP 594: Planning in the Pacific Northwest Fall 2011 4-11 January 2020