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ability assessments.48 Though USAID’s Development
Laboratory (DevLab) has a scope broader than climate
change considerations, GCCs can also work with and
leverage innovations from DevLab’s work in support
of U.S. development goals.49 The body of knowledge
and tools being developed by SERDP, DevLab and
the various technical publications detailed above are
available to GCCs in support of their adaptation efforts with the GCC’s IA and multinational partners.50 
The IC “Water Threats” assessment concluded that
“neglecting infrastructure investments (e.g., dams, canals, and water management sensors) can also increase
vulnerability to extreme weather events.”51 The IC
addressed studies that have shown that water investments reduce damage from extreme weather events
from 25-30 percent of GDP to around 5 percent making these investments a crucial element in achieving
social stability.52 USACE and SOUTHCOM’s on-going
advisory role to Brazil’s CODEVASF water planning
authority and SOUTHCOM’s recently completed Joint
Assessment of climate change risks co