Discussing climate change impacts and risks to cities, settlements, and infrastructure

This blog post features the IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report’s Chapter 6.

Chapter 6 of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report discusses climate change impacts and risks to cities, settlements, critical infrastructure, and climate adaptation.

The chapter presents insights and solutions on how they can mitigate and adapt to the increasing threats from the changing climate.

In almost every part of the world, unprecedented changes to the climate are affecting all life forms. The IPCC 2022 report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability assesses the complex interactions between climate change and risks for nature and people today and into the future and presents options for climate adaptation.

The report shows how climate change affects species and ecosystems and whether they can adapt or not. It also looks at how climate change will affect the most precious resource – water and food security and production and how we can manage these risks.

[...]