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The shock of the Covid-19 pandemic has coincided with other shocks and trends such as the risk of economic crisis and fi nancial collapse, the US-China trade war, disruption of supply chains, and impact on the poor due to lack of alternative or additional livelihood opportunities and income and the absence of social safety nets. [...] 125 5 1.2 Objectives The main objectives of the study are to identify site- and time-specifi c responses and practices to cope with local vulnerability to climate change across agriculture and water resources in selected communities across Cambodia’s four agro-ecological zones, and the factors that either facilitate or hinder climate change and disaster risk reduction mainstreaming and implementat. [...] It combines exposure to climate extremes and change with the current human sensitivity to those climate stressors and the capacity of the country to adapt to the impacts of climate change” (www.maplecroft.com/risk-indices/climate-change-vulnerability-index/). [...] 18 The Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resources in Cambodia: From LocalCommunities’ Perspectives 4.3.2 Climate hazards and water resources The impact of fl oods on water resources is high in Battambang, medium in Prey Veng and low in Kampot and Preah Vihear, as shown in Figure 13. [...] Agriculture in the Tonle Sap, coastal and Mekong fl oodplain communities is moderately vulnerable to climate change impacts and in the plateau/mountain zone slightly vulnerable to windstorms, whereas water resources in all regions have the relatively low vulnerability to 26 The Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resources in Cambodia: From LocalCommunities’ Perspectives this hazard.