FIGURE 2.6 Photo Essay: Vulnerability to Climate Change in North America North America’s wealth and its well-developed emergency response systems give it high resilience that reduce its overall vulnerability. However, certain regions are highly exposed to temperature increases, drought, hurricanes, and sea level rise. 2.6a Courtesy Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images, 2.6b Courtesy Josh Ritchie/Getty Images, 2.6c Courtesy Education Images/UIG via Getty Images, 2.6d Courtesy Craig Warga/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images