Sentences with phrase «low adaptive capacity»

Investments in human capital are low, inequality is high, a regionalized world leads to reduced trade flows, and institutional development is unfavorable, leaving large numbers of people vulnerable to climate change and many parts of the world with low adaptive capacity.

We found that high concentration areas for species with traits conferring highest sensitivity and lowest adaptive capacity differ from those of highly exposed species, and we identify areas where exposure - based assessments alone may over or under - estimate climate change impacts.

Food insecurity means lower adaptive capacity to deal with all kinds of change.

The most affected sectors, meanwhile, will be water (especially in the dry tropics), agriculture (particularly in low latitudes), human health in countries with low adaptive capacity, and ecosystems such as coral reefs, sea - ice biomes, mangrove swamps, salt - marshes, tundra, boreal and mountain systems.

Projected climate - change - related exposures are likely to affect the health status of millions of people, particularly those with low adaptive capacity, through:

Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability, a situation aggravated by the interaction of «multiple stresses», occurring at various levels, and low adaptive capacity (high confidence).

In some locations and amongst some groups of people with high exposure, high sensitivity and / or low adaptive capacity, net costs will be significantly larger than the global average.

The sensitivity of the carbon cycle to increased CO2 concentrations and climate change is a key vulnerability due to its magnitude, persistence, rate of change, low adaptive capacity and the level of confidence in resulting impacts.

In some locations and among some groups of people with high exposure, high sensitivity and / or low adaptive capacity, net costs will be significantly larger than the global aggregate [20.6, 20.

The systems and sectors are some ecosystems (tundra, boreal forest, mountain, mediterranean - type, mangroves, salt marshes, coral reefs and the sea - ice biome), low - lying coasts, water resources in some dry regions at mid-latitudes and in the dry topics and in areas dependent on snow and ice melt, agriculture in low - latitude regions, and human health in areas with low adaptive capacity.

Torres Strait [I] slanders and remote [I] ndigenous communities have the highest risks and the lowest adaptive capacity of any in our community because of their relative isolation and limited access to support facilities.

Remote Indigenous communities at increased risk of health issues and isolation and a low adaptive capacity