Vulnerability and the uneven impacts of climate change
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Define vulnerability to climate change.
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How likely a group is to be harmed by a hazard, and how badly.
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Define exposure.
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Whether people are physically in the path of a hazard (e.g. living on a flood plain).
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Define adaptive capacity.
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The ability to prepare for, cope with and recover from impacts (money, defences, warnings).
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Vulnerability = ? + ?
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**Exposure** (in the hazard's path) + **low adaptive capacity** (little ability to cope).
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Name three human factors that raise vulnerability.
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Poverty, where people are forced to live, and weak governance (also reliance on farming, gender/age).
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Why are richer people less exposed to harm?
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Wealth buys **defences, insurance and safer locations**, so they cope and recover better.
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Why is Bangladesh highly vulnerable to climate change?
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A low, flat, poor delta with dense populations on flood plains and little protection or savings.
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Why is the Netherlands less vulnerable despite being low-lying?
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High income funds strong sea defences, pumps and early-warning - high adaptive capacity.
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Why are women in low-income countries often more vulnerable?
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They do much farming/water work, own fewer assets, and may be last to eat or evacuate.
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What does 'uneven impacts' mean?
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Climate harms fall **unequally** across places and social groups - the poorest are hit hardest.
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How must a 'To what extent' answer end?
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With a **clear, justified judgement**, not just a list of both sides.
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Suggest = ? in the markscheme.
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Give a plausible factor AND **develop** it (factor -> why it raises vulnerability).
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