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How adaptation to climate change can reduce risk for small islands

To assist in the understanding of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, key data sets and information have been used to generate this infographic to show how adaptation to climate change can reduce risk for small islands.

It is available for educational purposes and to encourage discussion around the report. Permission requests for republication should be sought directly from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.

Credit: How adaptation to climate change can reduce risk for small islands, Climate and Development Knowledge Network 2014 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline

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