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Impacts from weather and climate events depend on: 3 nature and severity of event vulnerability exposure

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The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation sample A changing climate leads to changes in extreme weather and climate events 2 Impacts from weather and climate events depend on: 3 nature and severity of event vulnerability exposure Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can influence the degree to which extreme events translate into impacts and disasters 4 Increasing vulnerability, exposure, or severity and frequency of climate events increases disaster risk The solution space is big and diverse, but climate change alters its dimensions and urgency 5

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