Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present a formal framework of vulnerability to
climate change, to address the conceptual confusion around vulnerability and related …

There is confusion regarding the notion of “vulnerability” in the climate change scientific
community. Recent research has identified a need for formalisation, which would support …

The term 'vulnerability'is used in many different ways by various scholarly communities. The
resulting disagreement about the appropriate definition of vulnerability is a frequent cause …

Purpose–The concept of vulnerability in climate change literature is underpinned by
numerous theoretical contributions across different disciplines leading to disparate …

Clarification on what is meant by 'vulnerability'continues as an unresolved problem in a
world of inter-connected research fields dealing with natural hazards and of policy-makers …

Vulnerability is a central concept in climate change research as well as in a number of other
research contexts. However, the term is conceptualized in many different ways by the …

The concepts vulnerability and risk are of great importance in the fields of climate change
and natural hazards. Confusion is asserted in the terminology used by the respective …

Purpose This paper aims to present the “Vulnerability Sourcebook” methodology, a
standardised framework for the assessment of climate vulnerability and risk in the context of …

Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade,
efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development …

Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental change,
particularly climate change, is now the main imperative of research and international action …