I support new families through their joy, their fears and confusion, helping them navigate this time of huge change and vulnerability.
Affording countries Mic status on the basis of income-per-capita, it said, failed to take into account the litany of problems they faced, such as inequality, climate change and vulnerability to natural disasters, as well as economic shocks and institutional weakness.
Participatory rural appraisal was used to study climate change and vulnerability among Canadian northern Aboriginal communities (Furgal and Seguin 2006).
As adaptation becomes more tightly integrated into the range of responses to climate change, understanding how knowledge of climate change impacts and vulnerabilities can be effectively used is essential both to direct research and to support action.
The case not only introduces audiences to climate change risks and vulnerabilities in Ethiopia, but also interweaves those contextual factors with broader technical information, to strengthen understanding of the specific governance challenge at hand.
Discuss the utility and application of FAO approaches to assessments of climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in the agriculture sectors (MOSAICC, econometric analysis).
However, when examining the fabric of the city, it appears that the distribution of climate change responsibilities and vulnerabilities is often parallel to existing patterns of urban inequality (Satterthwaite, 2008).
Both the probability and the consequences of floods and landslides are expected to increase in the coming decades, as a result of climate change and increased vulnerabilities, especially in urban areas (Poussin et al. 2012; IPCC 2013).
Climate change and energy vulnerability present significant challenges for the development and sustainability of our communities.
Several days after the storm, in a briefing on recovery efforts, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said, "There is a wakeup call here, and that is climate change and our vulnerability to it.
