A View from the Top : Vulnerability in Mountain Systems
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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It is well recognized that mountain
ecosystems and their inhabitants are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. Measuring the nature and scope
of these vulnerabilities remains, however, a
work-in-progress. This note develops an analytical framework
that builds upon two existing approaches: The
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) climate
change vulnerability concept and its components of exposure,
sensitivity, and adaptive capacity; and the mountain
specificities framework, which offers a set of vulnerability
criteria that, are particularly prevalent in mountain
settings. The framework also provides a number of sample
indicators which form the basis for scalable vulnerability
assessments to inform adaptation policies and measures.
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ADAPTIVE APPROACHES, BIODIVERSITY, CATTLE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE POLICY, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE VARIATION, CLIMATIC PHENOMENA, CLIMATIC VARIATIONS, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DAMAGES, DROUGHT, ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, FORESTS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, IPCC, LIVELIHOODS, LOWLAND COMMUNITIES, MALARIA, MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS, MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS, MOUNTAIN REGIONS, MOUNTAIN SYSTEM, MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS, MOUNTAINS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURE, POINT OF DEPARTURE, POLICY-MAKING BODIES, PROGRESS, RAINFALL, RANGELAND, RANGELANDS, RATE OF CLIMATE VARIATION, REGENERATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, SEASON, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURES, TIBETAN PLATEAU