Climate resilient development requires large and equitable changes in human and natural systems. As noted in Section 1.5.1, the SR1.5 finds that four transitions in socioeconomic systems-energy, land and ecosystems, urban and infrastructure, and industrial-must occur at large scale and rapid rate in order to achieve climate resilient development. This report notes that transitions of such scale, even when beneficial for many people, can also impose significant adverse impacts on others, in particular on marginal and vulnerable populations . This report identifies a fifth socioeconomic transition, that in societal systems that 'drive innovation, preferences for alternative patterns of consumption and development, and the power relationships among different actors that engage in climate resilient development . Such societal transitions are necessary to ensure the other four transitions unfold at sufficient speed and scale to meet the goals of Paris and the SDGs, as well as to ensure equity in these transitions.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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