Why the world is losing against climate change
“Human-induced climate change, including more frequent and extreme weather events, has caused widespread adverse effects and related losses and damage to nature and people, beyond natural climate variability. Some development and adaptation efforts have reduced vulnerability; however, across sectors and regions, the most vulnerable people and systems have been observed to be disproportionately affected. The increase in weather and climate extremes has led to a number of irreversible impacts, as natural and human systems have been pushed beyond their ability to adapt.
Climate change has caused substantial damage, and increasingly irreversible losses, in terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and open-ocean marine ecosystems. The extent and magnitude of climate change impacts are larger than was estimated in previous assessments. In addition to
