Understanding Developing Countries Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change Using Theoretical Change Vulnerability Framework (original) (raw)
It is increasingly clear that climate variability and change is a reality that brings huge consequences to both human environment and livelihood. In the light of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projection for severe and extreme weather conditions in the 21st Century, the author identifies climate change as a phenomenon that brings severe consequences to both human environment and livelihood. The inadequacies of tackling the problem in developing countries are emphasized as dependent on several biophysical and socio-economic processes. The paper is aimed at showing how climate and human systems influence the level of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change based on a theoretical climate change vulnerability framework by proposing the identification of determinants of vulnerability as basic that can facilitate the understanding of the dynamics of vulnerability and the timely incorporation of adaptation strategies into developmental policies.
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