The inclusion of climate variability and change in
understanding human vulnerability and adaptation is being increasingly explored at household and community levels, as well as though regional agro-climatological studies in Africa (e.g., Verhagen et al., 2001).
This does not encompass all humans in need, wherever they are located and however uneconomic or sociopolitically excluded, nor does it consider the subtlety of
understanding human vulnerabilities in context, with sociocultural drivers (beyond markets and data); nor does it attend especially to those who remain disconnected in communications terms, which raises new questions of who is more remote and more vulnerable (including acknowledging sociocultural barriers to speaking up).
Not exact matches
«We're beginning to
understand that genetics is really about
vulnerability,» says neuroscientist Pat Levitt, director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on
Human Development.
Three separate Working Groups contribute to the Assessment, which analyzes the current scientific
understanding of impacts of climate change on natural, managed and
human systems, the capacity of these systems to adapt and their
vulnerability.
A better
understanding of ocean climate and ecosystems, as well as
human impacts and
vulnerabilities, requires the coordination of a continuous and long - term system of ocean observations.
These activities can be grouped under the following areas: improve our knowledge of Earth's past and present climate variability and change; improve our
understanding of natural and
human forces of climate change; improve our capability to model and predict future conditions and impacts; assess the Nation's
vulnerability to current and anticipated impacts of climate change; and improve the Nation's ability to respond to climate change by providing climate information and decision support tools that are useful to policy makers and the general public.»
«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor
understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest under various conditions, and whether they reflect a climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of
vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the
human influence on climate.»
To
understand vulnerability in these sectors we need to know not only about the natural processes involved in global change, but also about
human behavior that influences production and consumption.
1.2 — Science for adaptation and mitigation: Advancing
understanding of the
vulnerability and resilience of integrated
human - natural systems.
``... we needed to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever... It's a social validation feedback loop... You're exploiting a
vulnerability in
human psychology... [The inventors]
understood this, consciously, and we did it anyway.»
My goal is to support and guide you to fully
understand and believe in your worth; value your unique contribution to this world; and love yourself through the mistakes, set backs, failures, and
vulnerabilities that are part of the
human experience.