Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental change, particularly climate change, is now the main imperative of research and interna

The possible impacts of global climate change on different countries has led to the development and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (

Adaptation is a process by which individuals, communities and countries seek to cope with the consequences of climate change. The process of adaptation is not n

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