Current global emissions reduction policies are projected to lead to a global warming of 2.1℃-3.9℃ by 2100 , leaving many of the region's human and natural systems at very high risk and beyond adaptation limits . With higher levels of warming, adaptation costs increase, loss and damages grow, and governance and institutional responses reduce adaptive capacity. Underlying social and economic vulnerabilities and injustices further reduce adaptive capacity, exacerbating disadvantage in particular groups in society. Sustainable development across and beyond the region will help reduce shared adaptation challenges . Effective adaptation avoids lock-in and path dependency, reduces vulnerabilities, increases flexibility to change, builds adaptive capacity and advances SDGs, thereby improving intra- and intergenerational justice . Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and structural inequalities is key to achieving the SDGs and contributing to climate resilient development.
IPCC
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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