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Record 1 2012-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
CONT

Certain groups of developing countries are recognized by the [Climate Change] Convention as being specially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, including countries with low-lying coastal areas and those prone to desertification and drought.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
CONT

La Convention [sur les changements climatiques] reconnaît que certains groupes de pays sont particulièrement vulnérables aux effets préjudiciables des changements climatiques, par exemple les pays qui ont des zones côtières de faible élévation ou des zones sujettes à la sécheresse et à la désertification.

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