Chapter PB1, Problem 2A20

To determine

Choose the correct answer.

Answer to Problem 2A20

2. B

Explanation of Solution

The regions are more vulnerable because these countries are economically dependent on natural resource exports. Firstly, they are dependent because of the network of infrastructure that is particularly sensitive to climate phenomena, and secondly because of the presence of critical bio climatic areas such as the Amazon basin, the Caribbean coral biome, coastal wetlands, and fragile mountain ecosystems.