The main findings of previous reports, particularly the WGII AR5  and the IPCC Special Report on 1.5℃ , highlighted the impacts of warming and rainfall variations and their extremes on Europe, particularly SEU and mountainous areas. At 2°C GWL, 9% of Europe's population was projected to be exposed to aggravated water scarcity, and 8% of the territory of Europe were characterised to have a high or very high sensitivity to desertification . These impacts are driven by changes in temperature, precipitation, irrigation developments, population growth, agricultural policies and markets . Heat is a main hazard for high-latitude ecosystems . The majority of mountain glaciers lost mass during the past two decades, and permafrost in the European Alps and Scandinavia
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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