Climate change Cause will clearly increase the vulnerability of some coastal populations Patient to flooding and erosional land loss Cause . [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

The severity of many of these stresses will be determined in part by the development paths followed by human societies; paths that generate lesser stresses are expected to lessen the vulnerability of human and natural systems Patient to climate change Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

The impacts will be felt for many generations because of small island states' Patient low adaptive capacity, high sensitivity to external shocks, and high Degree vulnerability to natural disasters Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

A more likely explanation is that increased Degree human Patient vulnerability to climate extremes Cause , particularly in developing countries, is transforming extreme events into climatic disasters. [ ENCY 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Communities can reduce their Patient vulnerability to adverse impacts Cause through investments in adaptive infrastructure, which can be expensive. [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

The vulnerability of human societies and natural systems Patient to climate extremes Cause is demonstrated by the damage, hardship, and death caused by events such as droughts, floods, heat waves, avalanches, and windstorms. [ GREENFACTS 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

It is made up of three working groups: the first deals with the functioning of the climate and the assessment of climate change; the second deals with the vulnerability of the biosphere and the socio-economic system Patient to the risks of climate change Cause ; and the third deals with the scenarios of greenhouse-gas emissions and their variation as a function of our hopes for the future (Figure 7.1). [ JACLET 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

The prolonged drying trend in the Sahel since the 1970s has demonstrated the vulnerability of such groups Patient to climate change Cause when they cannot migrate because the wetter end of their migration areas is already densely occupied, and the permanent water points fail at the drier end. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Within the region, vulnerability to and the impacts of climate change Cause vary significantly from sector to sector and from subregion to subregion. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Marked trends toward greater population and investment in exposed regions are increasing vulnerability to tropical cyclones and storm surges Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Adaptations such as levees and dams often are successful in managing most variations in weather but can increase vulnerability to the most extreme events Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Erosional changes in the shoreline will disrupt populations, and the combined effects of freshwater loss and increased storm surges will stress freshwater plants and increase vulnerability to drought Cause . [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

This technological innovation must occur fast enough and continue over a period of time to allow greenhouse gas concentrations to stabilize and reduce vulnerability to climate change Cause . [ 9IPCCSRTT 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

In unsustainably managed systems, water and land uses can add stresses that heighten vulnerability to climate change Cause . [ GREENFACTS 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

A great deal is known about the potential Descriptor sensitivity and vulnerability of particular terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, water management systems, agriculture, human infrastructure and human health Patient . [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Some small island nations and countries Patient will confront greater Degree vulnerability because their existing sea and coastal defence systems are less well established. [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

Nonetheless, some general observations, based on information contained in the SAR and synthesized from the regional analyses in this assessment, provide a global context for the assessment of each region's Patient vulnerability. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]

This in turn will increase the vulnerability of coastal environments Patient by reducing natural resilience and increasing the cost of adaptation. [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB MCLH 30/03/2014 ]