This document discusses vulnerability and resilience in the context of livelihoods and food security. It defines vulnerability as the degree to which people or assets are exposed to harm from hazards, which is determined by their location. Resilience refers to the ability to recover from hardship. Several factors influence livelihoods, including hazards, poverty, environmental degradation, urbanization, and climate change. Hazards disproportionately impact the poor, who often live in more hazardous areas with less capacity to cope. The document analyzes how different elements like gender, age, assets and facilities are vulnerable to various hazards.