To sum up, climate change impacts on ports and
their hinterland connections and related adaptation
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implications for trade and growth. While more work
is needed to help advance understanding of the
various issues at stake and better assess their full
implications, adaptation action in transport generally
and, especially, in ports, is an imperative and a sound
investment with high returns in the long term.