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Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in northern China, and, most visibly, Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans.

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Fragile Volkswirtschaften und schwache Infrastrukturen tendieren dazu, die Folgen von Klimaveränderungen zu verschlechtern. Ein Problem, das Bangladeschs Anfälligkeit für Monsune, die Wüstenbildung in Nordchina und vor allem die Verwüstung von Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans an den Tag legen.

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