The observed impacts of climate change differ between urban and rural contexts, island types and tropical and non-tropical islands . Coastal cities and rural communities on small islands have been already impacted by SLR, heavy precipitation events, tropical cyclones and storm surges. Climate change is also affecting settlements and infrastructure, health and well-being, water and food security, and economies and culture, especially through compound events . As of 2017, an estimated 22 million people in the Caribbean live below 6-m elevation and 50% of the Pacific's population lives within 10 km of the coast along with ≥50% of their infrastructure concentrated within 500 m of the coast .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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