Oxfam worked with the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute (HVRI) to develop a series of Social Vulnerability maps for the southeastern states in the US. (blog.cleanenergy.org)
The increase in geophysical vulnerability has been matched by the increase in social vulnerability as new development in low - lying areas placed an additional 170,000 households at risk. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
The study's authors are clear that global warming did not directly cause Syria's civil war — it took a mix of underlying social vulnerability and an antagonistic government to do that. (slate.com)