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Sensitivity is the degree to which a system is
affected,
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either adversely or beneficially, by climate-related stimuli.
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Climate-related
stimuli encompass all the elements of
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climate
change, including mean climate characteristics,
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climate
variability, and the frequency and magnitude of
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extremes.
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The
effect may be direct (e.g., a change in crop yield in
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response
to a change in the mean, range, or variability of
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temperature)
or indirect (e.g., damages caused by an
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increase
in the frequency of coastal flooding due to sea-
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level
rise).
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