Concept of Climate Vulnerability: Key Determinants, Responses and Constraints to Climate Change Adaptation.

Isaac Sarfo ,Jude Issa Dontoh ,Michael Boakye Yiadom

doi:10.14738/assrj.62.6109

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The paper is essentially a synthesis report highlighting key areas of climate vulnerability as a global discourse based on reports from international conventions held over the years. Theoretically, it draws country and sector based scenarios on responses and constraints to climate adaptation. The literature is organized in phases, constituting a conceptual framework, evidence and trend of climate impacts, local ecosystem-based approach (EbA) to sustainable adaptation models, espoused across climate-sensitive sectors. The ultimate aim of this paper is to synthesize and develop a synthesis report on key determinants of climate vulnerability based on existing literature.

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Climate Change: A Global Perspective The purpose is to enhance understanding of climate change in a global context by defining key concepts relevant to the understanding of this phenomenon
The strategy traces the origin of climate change debate starting as an international, environmental and developmental challenge beginning with a publication of Brundtland Report in 1987 through to the formation of IPCC in 1989, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, and the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The term vulnerability to [1] can be termed as the degree to which an individual, group or system is susceptible to harm due to exposure to a hazard or stress, and theability to cope, recover, or fundamentally adapt (become a new Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ)

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Climate Change: A Global Perspective The purpose is to enhance understanding of climate change in a global context by defining key concepts relevant to the understanding of this phenomenon. The strategy traces the origin of climate change debate starting as an international, environmental and developmental challenge beginning with a publication of Brundtland Report in 1987 through to the formation of IPCC in 1989, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, and the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Key issues shaping the global climate change regime are explained. These include mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology development and transfer, governance as well as the role of land-use and land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) in climate change mitigation especially in third-world countries. Climate vulnerability is a concept defined by numerous scholars and international organizations. The term vulnerability to [1] can be termed as the degree to which an individual, group or system is susceptible to harm due to exposure to a hazard or stress, and the (in)ability to cope, recover, or fundamentally adapt (become a new Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ)

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