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This key sheet is part of a series aimed at DFID staff and development partners examining the impact of climate change on poverty, and exploring tools for adaptation to climate change. This key sheet examines the impact of climate variability and climate change on the vulnerability of the poor. The reader will be guided through the key issues of:The impact of current climate variability on vulnerabilityThe impact of climate change on vulnerabilityActions to reduce vulnerability to climate change.Lastly, this keysheet advises on how development policy and economic management can reduce the vulnerability of the poor to the impacts of climate change. [adapted from author]