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...which a natural or social system is susceptible to sustaining damage from climate change. Vulnerability is a function of the sensitivity of a system to changes in climate (the degree to which a system will respond to a given change in climate, including both beneficial...

...damage from climate change and is a function of the magnitude of climate change, the sensitivity of the system to changes in climate. Hence, a highly...is one that is highly sensitive to modest changes and one for which the ability to adapt is severely constrained.' (Olmos 2001, 3) Vulnerability and...