Research update
The 1.5°C limit and risks of overshoot: new briefing note
a new briefing note on ADAPTATION AND LOSS AND DAMAGE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
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Limiting warming reduces the consequences of climate change.
As global temperatures rise at an increasing rate, even more urgent action is needed to avoid every additional fraction of a degree of warming and limit warming to 1.5°C.
This will minimise the impacts, risks and costs of climate change for everyone, everywhere, but particularly for the most vulnerable people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Our new briefing note considers where we are now in terms of the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature limit, and what future mitigation action could mean for adaptation and loss and damage, focusing on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries
(LDCs). A French language version is also available.
It highlights progress and challenges, including financial, and the need for equitable and just action. In doing so, it is important to note that both SIDS and LDCs have made negligible contributions to global warming, but are home to many of the most vulnerable people and systems who are disproportionately affected by adverse impacts and loss and damage