There are many things and many reasons that make people feel vulnerable. The feeling of being lost or hopeless is familiar to everyone, regardless of income, happiness or reputation. In one way or another, everyone is vulnerable and needs to adapt to changing circumstances. Climate change has quickly become a hot topic in recent years as the effects begin to be noticed around the world. The effects are felt around the world by many different groups of people. However, not everyone is subject to the same effects and everyone must therefore adapt accordingly. I will try to describe the link between vulnerability and the need to adapt to circumstances induced by climate change. In this essay I will outline and define the concepts of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, respectively with examples. I will then discuss the relationship between these two concepts and provide a case study/example to further explain and support the relationship. According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the concept of vulnerability is defined as "the diminished ability of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard or man-made” (2014). The concept of vulnerability implies that someone or something is susceptible to loss or damage due to the negative impact of shock and/or stress. When people think about vulnerability, they often think about it in context human: some people may be more vulnerable to natural or man-made shocks and stresses than others. The state of vulnerability does not only apply to living beings such as people or animals, but refers to many things, such as example... half of the paper... initial introduction: vulnerability, coping and policy. IDS Bulletin, 20(2), pp.1--7.Damas, D (2002). -Queens University PressFord, J., Smit, B., W, & el, J. (2006). Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: a case study from Arctic Bay, Canada. Global Environmental Change, 16(2), pp.145--160. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, (2014). What is vulnerability?. [online] Available at: http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/what-is-a-disaster/what-is-vulnerability/ [Accessed carried out on May 1st. 2014].McLeman, R., & Smit, B. (2005). Vulnerability to the hazards and risks of climate change: crop and flood insurance. The Canadian Geographer, in press. Smit, B., Wandel, & el, J. (2006). Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability. Global Environmental Change, 16(3), pp.282--292.