This expansion of research has been accompanied by a shift in the policy context for climate action including an increasingly strong link between climate actions and sustainable development. In particular, the SDGs represent a near-term framework linking sustainability and human development in a manner that not only addresses planetary health and human well-being, but also help better plan and implement mitigation and adaptation actions to achieve these linked goals . The SDGs explicitly identify climate action  among the goals needed to achieve sustainable development. Meanwhile, the text of the Paris Agreement makes explicit mention of the importance of considering climate 'in the context of sustainable development'  or as 'contributing to sustainable development'  . Similarly, sustainable development appears prominently within the text of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction  and the Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction . At the local- or household- level, a growing literature recognises that climate impacts tend to exacerbate existing inequalities within societies, even at the level of gender inequalities within households . Thus, climate change impacts threaten even short- term gains in sustainable development , which could be rolled back over longer adaptation and mitigation horizons. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to have reversed gains over the past several years in terms of global poverty reduction   , reflecting the risks posed by global, systemic threats to development.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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