The authors of the sectoral and regional chapters and cross chapter papers of the WGII AR6 Report identified more than 120 key risks . Authors were asked to rely on the above definition and criteria to identify risks that could potentially become severe according to changes in the associated hazards, the study systems' exposure and/or vulnerability, and important adaptation strategies that could reduce these risks . Wherever possible, identification is based on literature that includes projected future conditions for all three components of risk and adaptation. Where literature was insufficient, potential severity is based on current vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards and the expectation that hazards will increase in frequency and/or intensity in the future. This approach is more limited in that it does not consider future changes in exposure and vulnerability nor in adaptation, but has the benefit of being grounded in observed experience.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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