Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries?

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Diversification strategies and adaptation deficit: evidence from rural communities in Niger. (2018, background): “It is thus clear that communities living in the poorest countries whose livelihoods are directly climate sensitive show a weaker resilience capacity to climate change impacts and a reduced ability to deal with adaptation measures (Fankhauser & McDermott, 2014).”
Estimating global damages from sea level rise with the Coastal Impact and Adaptation Model (CIAM) (2015, background): “Flood damage depends on the number of exposed people and capital, the latter scaled by a logistic depth-damage function, and is decreasing in per capita income, to reflect resilience from safety measures and building codes (Fankhauser and McDermott 2014).”