A step change in adaptation action is needed to address climate risks and to be consistent with climate resilient development . Current adaptation falls short on the assessment of complex risks, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It is largely incremental and temporary given the scale of projected impacts; it has limits and is mainly reactive rather than anticipatory. Furthermore, risks are projected to cascade and compound, with impacts and costs that challenge adaptive capacities  and call for transformational responses .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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