But as climate change brings more frequent and severe weather shocks such as droughts and floods, and makes rainfall patterns less predictable, these gains are under threat. (irinnews.org)
At the moment, population and income growth are the big drivers, with random weather shocks causing more problems today than they would have in the past. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Wealthier countries can expect to feel the direct and indirect effects of weather shocks from manmade climate change in poorer, less resilient countries.» (sciencedaily.com)