In the climate adaptation literature, we can distinguish two seemingly distinct frameworks for the concept of vulnerability. We might think of vulnerability in terms of susceptibility to harm. Some discussions of vulnerability accordingly focus on the risk posed to well-being. Alternatively, we might think of vulnerability in terms of a system's responsiveness to adverse conditions, often spelled out in terms of resilience. This article highlights and distinguishes these frameworks through a brief survey of climate adaptation literature. Understanding the relationship between these two frameworks is vital not only for conceptual clarity, but also for developing adaptation strategies that respond to the different sorts of vulnerabilities posed by climate change. Mitigating the vulnerability of an individual at risk of harm might well complicate efforts at mitigating the vulnerabilities of systems in which that individual is embedded. Humans are clearly at risk of harm from a changing climate, and changing climate challenges the resilience of systems on which humans depend. The paper concludes with a brief consideration of the vulnerabilities that arise from the dissociation of people from their environments. Dissociation, whether through the migration of people or through changes to environmental background conditions not only makes clear the dual nature of vulnerabilities, but also serves as a lens through which we might consider the prospects for integrating a more cohesive account of vulnerability into successful climate adaptation strategies.

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脆弱性的两个方面：区分气候适应中的损害敏感性和系统复原力

在气候适应文献中，我们可以区分脆弱性概念的两个看似不同的框架。我们可能会认为脆弱性是指对伤害的敏感性。因此，一些关于脆弱性的讨论侧重于对福祉造成的风险。或者，我们可能会从系统对不利条件的响应能力来考虑脆弱性，通常用弹性来表述。本文通过对气候适应文献的简要调查，强调并区分了这些框架。了解这两个框架之间的关系不仅对于澄清概念至关重要，而且对于制定应对气候变化造成的不同类型脆弱性的适应战略至关重要。减轻面临伤害风险的个人的脆弱性很可能会使减轻该个人所嵌入的系统的脆弱性的工作复杂化。人类显然面临着气候变化带来的伤害的风险，而气候变化对人类赖以生存的系统的恢复能力提出了挑战。本文最后简要考虑了由于人们与环境的分离而产生的脆弱性。分离，无论是通过人口迁移还是通过环境背景条件的变化，不仅清楚地表明了脆弱性的双重性质，而且还可以作为一个镜头，通过它我们可以考虑将更一致的脆弱性描述纳入成功的气候适应中的前景策略。