Identifying who is least able to adapt to climate risks sufficiently is important . Some people may have few opportunities to relocate away from flooded areas in the long term or to evacuate in the short term. It is also harder for many from low-income areas to rebuild after an extreme event. Lack of housing tenure and sub-standard housing has been shown to limit the ability of residents to improve and manage their landscapes and therefore it is hard for them to enhance energy efficiency . Access to information is critical for adapting to climate risk and reducing vulnerability to hazards, yet access to this information is often not equally available . For example, low literacy can hamper ability to respond to early warning information . In other instances, racial violence has surfaced during disasters, with Black victims' lives being seen as less important than others .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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