Climate Change Vulnerability - By Chandrakant Singh

The third IPCC report defines climate change vulnerability as "the degree to which a region is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes".

• Climate change is already occurring and impacting natural ecosystems and human societies. Climate change and climate variability are adversely impacting both biophysical systems (mountains, rivers, forests, wetlands, etc.) and socio-economic systems (hill communities, coastal communities, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc.). However, impact of climate change varies spatially and temporally with respect to temperature and precipitation, the intensity and frequency of storms as well as the sea levels. Thus, ....