The impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity, and humans are detailed in the Working Group II’s contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. IHACC investigators Drs. Lea Berrang-Ford, Sherilee Harper, Mark New, and James Ford all contributed to this report, which emphasizes the importance of immediate action in response to the unequivocal evidence of the contributions of human activities to climate change.
“Human influence on the Earth’s climate has become unequivocal, increasingly apparent, and widespread, reflected in both the growing scientific literature and in the perception and experiences of people worldwide”
Figure 1 from Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (2022) shows the pathways and consequences of differing levels of climate resilient development. The window of opportunity for climate resilient development is currently narrowing, and action is required now.
Read more in the report, accessible here.
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IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.