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    latest IPCC report

 * News article
 * 28 February 2022
 * Directorate-General for Climate Action
 * 3 min read


URGENT NEED TO ADAPT TO MASSIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTED IN LATEST
IPCC REPORT

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today published its
latest report on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities related to climate
change. Authored by hundreds of the world’s top climate scientists, the report
confirms that climate change is here to stay and some of its effects are now
unavoidable. Across the globe, the climate crisis is putting lives and
livelihoods at risk – especially for the most vulnerable.

Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans said,
"Today’s IPCC report confirms what we already know: the climate crisis is upon
us. Its impacts on people and nature across the planet are real and will only
intensify in the coming decades. We must heed this warning, and ramp up our
action to become more resilient to the changing climate while continuing to
reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

One of the report’s main findings is that climate change induced by humanity is
already impacting nature and people more intensely, more frequently and over a
wider geographical area than previously thought.

 * A greater surface of land is being burnt by wildfires, and tropical cyclones
   are causing greater damage due to climate change.
 * Around half of the species studied have shifted their habitats towards the
   poles or to higher altitudes, and the first species extinctions driven by
   climate change have already occurred.
 * The degradation and destruction of ecosystems harms our ability to adapt to
   climate change.
 * Climate change is already undermining our food and water security,
   agricultural productivity, and physical and mental health.

Moreover, the report finds that that these kinds of risks will increase
inexorably over the next two decades – but some risks can be lessened by taking
measures to adapt to the impacts.

As confirmed by last year’s IPCC report on the physical science, we can lessen
these risks in the longer term by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and curbing
global warming, but we must also adapt to the changing climate simultaneously.
The report’s findings reinforce the need for Europe to become more climate
resilient and prepare for the inevitable impacts of the climate crisis. With the
EU Adaptation Strategy , we are aiming to make adaptation smarter, swifter and
more systemic, and to step up international action on adaptation to climate
change.

The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change plays a central role in these
efforts, supporting at least 150 European regions and communities to become
climate resilient by 2030. Meanwhile, the EU already plays an important role in
supporting climate adaptation globally. In 2020, the EU and its Member States
pledged some €23.39 billion in climate finance, of which around half was spent
on helping our partners adapt to climate change. Moreover, at COP26 the EU
pledged €100 million to the United Nations Adaptation Fund , making it the
biggest donor to the Fund, which offers finance to developing countries
vulnerable to the impact of climate change.


WHAT IS THE IPCC?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the United Nations body for
assessing climate change science. It produces regular assessments of the
scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options
for adaptation and mitigation. These reports inform governments in the
development of climate policy as well as guiding the UN’s international climate
change negotiations. They are regarded as the most authoritative assessment of
the science of climate change since their production involves hundreds of
scientists as authors or reviewers, and findings are based on the strength of
evidence and level of agreement across all available scientific literature.

Among thousands of people from all over the world who contribute to the work of
the IPCC, scientists from the European Union’s Joint Research Centre play an
important role. Through its Research Framework Programmes, the European Union
funds impactful research on climate science, which contributes to the IPCC
reports and helps promote evidence-based policies worldwide.

Last year’s report Iooked at the physical science basis for climate change,
while the forthcoming IPCC report due to be published next month will look at
the mitigation of climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and
removing carbon from the atmosphere.


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Publication date
28 February 2022
AuthorDirectorate-General for Climate Action

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