however because of their geographical location reliance on climatesensitive natural resources and development gaps in general developing countries and lowincome countries in particular are at the greatest risk of climate hazards left unattended climate hazards are likely to increase poverty worsen inequalities exacerbate food insecurity and cause health problems among other hardships which may reverse years of development progress in some countries these impacts are largely determined by deeprooted socioeconomic inequalities as a result they tend to be particularly detrimental to the most disadvantaged groups of society which are hence disproportionately exposed and vulnerable to climate hazards