Disadvantaged populations and developing are the most vulnerable to climate change to climate change, even though they have contributed little to current warming.
Aid for adaptation and transition to compensate for this injustice.
Despite advances in adaptation, humans and nature are already being are already being impacted worldwide.
Average temperatures have risen by 2°C in Europe, compared with a global average of 1.1°C, with, for example, a threefold increase in crop losses over the past 50 years and negative impacts on human health, infrastructure, energy, water resources and the economy. Climatic events on other continents can affect Europe via globalized markets.
Climate risks increase with global warming level of global warming.
The risks in Europe are heat waves and their and their consequences for mortality and morbidity mortality and morbidity of people and ecosystems; agricultural yield losses due to heat waves and droughts droughts; water shortages, particularly around the the Mediterranean; coastal and storm flooding. These risks are generally exacerbated in urban and coastal environments, particularly in the French overseas territories.
Some of the ecosystems on which we depend have already reached the point of no return, particularly as a result of water stress and heat waves on land and at sea (e.g. coral reefs).
Up to 30% of terrestrial species are threatened with extinction if global warming of 3°C is reached. Unsustainable use of land and ocean resources is having a destructive impact on the ecosystems on which we depend ecosystems on which we depend.
Limiting losses and damage requires the rapid deployment of adaptation solutions of proven effectiveness and feasibility.
Agro-ecology, forestry management, water resource management and the mobilization of local populations' knowledge all help to better prevent risks and identify and identify possible solutions based on local ecosystems.
The "hard limits" of sea-level rise, heatwaves and drought mean that mitigation of GHG emissions is urgent. Every tenth of a degree of global warming makes adaptation more complex.
Some of the impacts of climate change are irreversible. Adaptation is progressing, but it remains woefully inadequate in the face of such rapid change. Any further delay in mitigating and adapting to climate change risks missing the short window of opportunity to secure a sustainable future.
Governments, populations and private players reduce risks more effectively by adopting a coordinated, systemic and inclusive approach. A just and equitable transition facilitates adaptation and mitigation, while reducing inequalities.
