Polar regions Patient are highly Degree vulnerable to climate change Cause and have low adaptive capacity. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Low-lying island states and atolls Patient are especially Degree vulnerable to climate change and associated sea-level rise Cause because in many cases (e.g., the Bahamas, Kiribati, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands), much of the land area rarely exceeds 3 - 4 m above present mean sea level. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Furthermore, such protection will still leave an estimated 80 million additional people Patient vulnerable to flooding Cause during storm surges [ 6CANADAQFP 0 SB MCLH 08/07/2014 ]

While Canadian coastlines are relatively rugged and hence less vulnerable to the impacts of sea level rise that those for many other countries, some coastlines Patient are also low lying and or soft and hence vulnerable to erosion Cause . [ 6CANADAQFP 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Some species have unique niches, which leave them Patient vulnerable to possible extinction Cause . [ 3CANADAENVIRON 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Sensitive areas such as river flood plains and coastal plains river flood plains and coastal plains Patient have become more Degree vulnerable to hazards such as storms, floods and droughts Cause as a result of increasing population density and economic activity... [ 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Regardless of the outcome of these studies, it is already clear that modern societies Patient are becoming more Degree vulnerable to economic damagefrom weather extremes Cause as their infrastructures become more elaborate and their populations grow larger and more concentrated. [ 2CANADACCD9801 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

However, both humans and ecosystems Patient are much more Degree vulnerable to the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, wind storms, heat waves and cold spells Cause than to gradual shifts in climate. [ 5CANADAICC 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

The most Degree vulnerable ecosystems Patient to global warming include forests, deserts and semi-deserts, low-lying islands, polar regions, mountain systems, wetlands, peatbogs, coastal marshes and coral reefs Cause . [ ENCY 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

The indigenous peoplein Australia Patient are particularly Degree vulnerable to climate change Cause , since they generally live in isolated rural conditions exposed to climatic disasters and thermal stress, and in areas more likely to increase in the prevalence of water- and vector-borne diseases. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Tropical coral reefs , including the Great Barrier Reef Patient , may be able to keep pace with sea-level rise - but will be vulnerable to bleaching and death of corals induced by episodes of higher sea temperatures and other stresses Cause . [ 7IPCCREGION 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Many communities and regions that Patient are vulnerable to climate change Cause are also under pressure from forces such as population growth, resource depletion, and poverty. [ GREENFACTS 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

As a result of water stress and land degradation, inland fisheries Patient will be rendered more Degree vulnerable to episodic drought and habitat destruction Cause . [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Water resources Patient already are stressed in some areas and therefore are highly Degree vulnerable , especially with respect to salinization (parts of Australia) and competition for water supply between agriculture, power generation, urban areas, and environmental flows (high confidence). [ 3IPCCCONSEQUENCE 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

Without appropriate management, these pressures will cause some species currently classified as "critically endangered" to become extinct and the majority of those Patient labeled "endangered or vulnerable " to become rarer, and thereby closer to extinction, in the 21st century (high confidence 6). [ GREENFACTS 0 SB TK 08/07/2013 ]

While we can anticipate changes in pest prevalence and severity and changes in agricultural productivity, one has to look at very specific locations and conditions to know which pests are of concern, which crops and regions Patient are vulnerable , and how severe impacts will be. [ RAPPORTPENTAGONE 0 SB TK 08/07/2013 ]

Unique non-intensively managed ecosystems Patient such as tundra, some coastal salt marshes, prairie wetlands, arid and semi-arid landscapes, and coldwater ecosystems are vulnerable and effective adaptation is unlikely. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB TK MCLH 08/07/2013 ]

However, richer countries Patient will also be increasingly Degree vulnerable as their populations age. [ ENCY 0 SB TK 08/07/2013 ]

Although any project that slows deforestation or forest degradation will help to conserve biodiversity, projects in threatened/ vulnerable forests Patient that are unusually species-rich, globally rare, or unique to that region can provide the greatest biodiversity benefits. [ 2IPCCBIODIVERSITE 0 SB TK 08/07/2013 ]

The most Degree vulnerable sectors and regions Patient include longlived natural forest ecosystems in the east and interior west; water resources in the southern plains; agriculture in the southeast and southern plains; human health in areas currently experiencing diminished urban air quality; northern ecosystems and habitats; estuarine beaches in developed areas; and lowlatitude cool- and cold-water fisheries. [ 7IPCCREGION 0 SB TK 08/07/2013 ]