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The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatures as recorded in publicly available databases for the world,...
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Land Use (WASCAL) tackles this vulnerability by investigating the interface of climate and rural socia-ecological systems …
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examines the regional differences in the vulnerability of Mediterranean coastal zones from existing studies and projections for …
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southeast of the study area show a high vulnerability already in the 2030s. A consideration of climate change in the strategic …
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analyzing how a range of external pressuresaffect the vulnerability of dryland pastoral systems in the Kalahari. This is … managers can provide ‘win-win-win’ benefits of reducing system vulnerability, increasing economic income, and building social …
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The objective of this article is to analyze the effect of the political empowerment of women on vulnerability to …, participation of women in civil society and participation of women in political debates) reduce vulnerability to climate change. ii … vulnerability to climate change is affected by women's political empowerment. The findings are robust to alternative estimation …
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derived from those of risk perception as well as consternation with reference to vulnerability analysis. Empirically, a …
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This article clarifies and quantifies the causal impact of climate change vulnerability on child labour incidence and … intensity. For this purpose, we create an index of vulnerability to climate change, composed of biophysical vulnerability and … that climate vulnerability negatively affects child labour incidence and intensity, while has no significant impact on …
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The impact of climate change on agriculture and poor groups' livelihoods are one of the greatest potential threats to development and a key challenge in climate change agenda. The North Africa region is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to geographic and ecological features. The...
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