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= Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (WGII) =

== Report Summary ==
{{ReportHeader
| cover    = Cover-WGII.jpg
| title    = Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
| subtitle = Working Group II Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
| type     = Working Group Report
| date     = 2022
| doi      = https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009325844
| isbn     = 9781009325844
| licence  = CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
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== Table of Contents ==

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| spmtitle    = Summary for Policymakers
| spmurl      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/SPM

| tstitle    = Technical Summary
| tsurl      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/TS

| ch1title    = Chapter 1
| ch1subtitle = Point of Departure and Key Concepts
| ch1url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-1

| ch2title    = Chapter 2
| ch2subtitle = Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Services
| ch2url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-2

| ch3title    = Chapter 3
| ch3subtitle = Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services
| ch3url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-3

| ch4title    = Chapter 4
| ch4subtitle = Water
| ch4url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-4

| ch5title    = Chapter 5
| ch5subtitle = Food, Fibre and Other Ecosystem Products
| ch5url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-5

| ch6title    = Chapter 6
| ch6subtitle = Cities, Settlements and Key Infrastructure
| ch6url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-6

| ch7title    = Chapter 7
| ch7subtitle = Health, Wellbeing and the Changing Structure of Communities
| ch7url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-7

| ch8title    = Chapter 8
| ch8subtitle = Poverty, Livelihoods and Sustainable Development
| ch8url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-8

| ch9title    = Chapter 9
| ch9subtitle = Africa
| ch9url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-9

| ch10title    = Chapter 10
| ch10subtitle = Asia
| ch10url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-10

| ch11title    = Chapter 11
| ch11subtitle = Australasia
| ch11url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-11

| ch12title    = Chapter 12
| ch12subtitle = Central and South America
| ch12url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-12

| ch13title    = Chapter 13
| ch13subtitle = Europe
| ch13url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-13

| ch14title    = Chapter 14
| ch14subtitle = North America
| ch14url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-14

| ch15title    = Chapter 15
| ch15subtitle = Small Islands
| ch15url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-15

| ch16title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 1
| ch16subtitle = Biodiversity Hotspots
| ch16url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-1

| ch17title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 2
| ch17subtitle = Cities and Settlements by the Sea
| ch17url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-2

| ch18title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 3
| ch18subtitle = Deserts, Semiarid Areas and Desertification
| ch18url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-3

| ch19title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 4
| ch19subtitle = Mediterranean Region
| ch19url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-4

| ch20title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 5
| ch20subtitle = Mountains
| ch20url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-5

| ch21title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 6
| ch21subtitle = Polar Regions
| ch21url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-6

| ch22title    = Cross-Chapter Paper 7
| ch22subtitle = Tropical Forests
| ch22url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Cross-Chapter-Paper-7

| ch23title    = Chapter 16
| ch23subtitle = Key Risks across Sectors and Regions
| ch23url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-16

| ch24title    = Chapter 17
| ch24subtitle = Decision-Making Options for Managing Risk
| ch24url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-17

| ch25title    = Chapter 18
| ch25subtitle = Climate Resilient Development Pathways
| ch25url      = IPCC:AR6/WGII/Chapter-18
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== Citation Suggestion ==
IPCC, 2022: ''Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'' [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, 3056 pp., doi:10.1017/9781009325844.

== Acronyms ==
{{AcronymTerms
| acronym_page = IPCC:AR6/Data/Acronyms
| acronyms = 3-PG, A/R, AAI, AAO, AAS, ABNJ, ABS, AC, ACCC, ACCCRN, ACE, ACRE, ACT, ADB, ADW, AEMO, AF, AfDB, AFOLU, AFSI, AgMIP, AHP, AI, AIDR, AIHW, AK, ALT, AMO, AMOC, ANPP, AOGCM, AOSIS, APP, APRA, AR, AR4, AR5, AR6, ARA, ARI, ASBEC, ASE, ASEAN, ASFI, ASP, AT, ATLAS, AU, AUC, AUP, BAU, BC, BCH, BCR, BDP, BE, BECCS, BFV, BMPs, BOM, BORDA, BR, BRI, BRICS, BTM, BVOC, C&S, CA, CAM, CBA, CBD, CBO, CBs, CCA, CCAFS, CCATWG, CCC, CCD, CCDMF, CCE, CCP, CCRA, CCRIF, CCS, CCT, CCU, CDC, CDD, CDEM, CDKN, CDM, CDMC, CDR, CE, CEIC, CER, CES, CFC, CFM, CFP, CFPP, CGE, CGIAR, CGRA, CH, CHIKV, CHL, CICES, CID, CIS, CLP, CMIP, CMIP3, CMIP5, CMIP6, CMR, CMSI, CoA, COAG, CODOHSAPA, COP, COP16, COP19, COP26, COPD, CORDEX, COSSAO, COVID-19, CPA, CPI, CRC, CRD, CRDP, CRFS, CRGE, CRIDA, CRM, CRO, CRS, CS, CSA, CSF, CSIRO, CSOs, CSR, CVD, CZ, DAC, DACCS, DAE, DAI, DALY, DAPP, DBH, DCCEE, DE, DEA, DEHP, DELWP, DEM, DENR, DES, DESA, DFIs, DGVMs, DHW, DINA, DISER, DIY, DMDU, DOC, DOM, DRC, DRFIP, DRM, DRR, DSR, E, EAD, EAIS, EbA, EBM, EBS, EBSA, EBUS, EC, ECB, ECOSOC, ECS, ECWL, EDCD, EDRM, EEA, EEU, EEZ, EFRs, EIA, EKC, ENACTS, ENSO, EP, ES, ESA, ESA CCI, ESAF, ESCC, ESCI, ESD, ESL, ESM, ESW, ESWL, ET, ETC, ETWL, EU, EV, EW, EWFD, EWS, FACE, FAO, FAQ, FAR, FBD, FEDURP, FEMA, FEW, FFDI, Fish-MIP, FLW, FMU, FPIC, FR, FSC, FW, FWL, FYROM, G20, GAMI, GAST, GBAM, GBCA, GBP, GBR, GBRMPA, GCF, GCM, GDD, GDE, GDP, GEF, GHA, GHG, GHM, GI, GIS, GLEON, GLOF, GM, GMSL, GMSLR, GMST, GMT, GNDR, GNH, GOA-ON, GPCC, GPG, GPP, GQL, GRACE, GRDC, GSAT, GW, GWL, GWP, GWR, GWRC, GWSHP, GWSI, H, HAB, HadCM3, HAP, HCSA, HCVA, HDD, HDI, HDSR, HELP, HFC, HFRS, HIV, HKH, HLD, HNPP, HPLE, HRBA, HVAC, IAM, IAS, IBAI, ICA, ICLEI, ICM, ICNZ, ICRI, ICT, ICV, ICZM, ID, IDF, IDMC, IDP, IEA, IFPRI, IGCC, IHME, IIED, IISD, IK, IKLK, iLUC, IMF, INDC, IOD, IoT, IPBES, IPCC, IPLC, IPO, IQR, IRGC, IS, ISIMIP, ISME, ISO, IT, IUCN, IUWN, IVA, IWGIA, IWRM, JRC, K1, K2, K3, KNOMAD, KR, L&D, LAI, LCOE, LCP, LC-PUFAs, LDC, LDCF, LDN, LECZ, LEDS, LEED, LEED-ND, LGBTQI, LGNZ, LI, LIG, LIMIC, LK, LMMA, LSLA, LTP, LU, LUC, LULUC, LULUCF, m w.e., M&C, m.a.s.l., MAP, MAR, MBIE, MC, MCB, MCDA, MCP, MCPP, MD, MDB, MDG, MEA, MEASO, MED, MEE, MEFF, MeHg, MEL, MENA, MERI, MERS, MfE, MFP, MGNREGA, MHW, MI, MIPs, MISI, MMT, MODIS, MPA, MPI, MRV, MSFD, MSL, MSP, MSRI, MSSD, MSY, MTE, NAF, NAHS, NAO, NAP, NAPA, NAS, NBI, NbS, NCCARF, NCCRS, NCD, NCEI, NCP, NDC, NDVI, NE, NELD, NEP, NESP, NEU, NEUS, NF, NFM, NGO, NHS, NIES, NIWA, NL, NMHS, NPP, NSR, NSW, NTDs, NTFPs, NUA, NWP, NWS, NYCEDC, NZ, NZCFSF, OA, OAC, OCLTT, ODA, OECD, OECM, OEH, OHRLLS, OMVS, OMZ, OSPAR, OW, PA, PACJA, PAGCC, Pas, PCB, PCE, pCO2, PDO, PDRC, PDS, PDSI, PE, PEFC, PES, PET, PFC, pH, PICSA, PIDA, PIDACC, PM, POC, POMS, POP, PPADI, PPB, PPP, PSI, PSNP, PTSD, PWC, PWLM, QFCI, QFES, QOL, RAWES, RBNZ, RCM, RCP, RCSA, RDM, RE, REDD, REGEN, RFC, RFMO, RIO, RIT, RKR, RMB, ROSES, RRV, RSL, RSLR, RTI, RVF, SAI, SAIA, SAIIA, SAM, SAR, SARS, SAS, SASSCAL, SC, SCC, SCE, scPDSI, SD, SDG, SDM, SDP, SDS, SE, SEEA, SES, SETS, SEU, SEUS, SHELF, SI, SIDS, SITES, SL, SLCF, SLM, SLR, SLURC, SM, SMART, SME, SNA, SOC, SOI, SOM, SP, SPEI, SPI, SPM, SPP, SPV, SR1.5, SRA, SRCCL, SRES, SRM, SROCC, SRTM, SSA, SSP, SSR, SST, STFM, STI, SUDS, SW, SWE, SWM, SWP, TAR, TAV, TC, TCFD, TCs, TEG CRM, TEU, TEUS, T-FACE, TFP, THI, TIA, TIB, TK, TLAS, TMNs, TMSP, TN, TSR, TSRA, TSU, TURFs, TWS, TWS-DSI, TWWHA, UA, UCDP, UCLG, UHC, UHI, UN, UNCCD, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNHCR, UNICEF, UPA, USAID, USD, USGS, V, VaR, VBD, VF, VOC, VoCC, VOD, VPA, VPD, VRES, W, WAIS, WASCAL, WASH, WBD, WCA, WCE, WCRP, WEF, WEMA, WEU, WGI, WGII, WGIII, WGWDGD, WHO, WIM, WMO, WNF, WSAA, WSAF, WSI, WSUD, WTTC, WTU, WUE, WUI, WWF, YCS, YLD, YLL
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== Glossary Terms ==
{{GlossaryTerms
| glossary_page = IPCC:AR6/Data/Glossary
| terms = 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Abrupt change, Abrupt climate change, Access, Acclimatisation, Accumulation, Acute food insecurity, Adaptation, Adaptation Fund, Adaptation behaviour, Adaptation deficit, Adaptation gap, Adaptation limits, Adaptation needs, Adaptation options, Adaptation pathways, Adaptive capacity, Adaptive governance, Adaptive management, Adverse side-effect, Aerosol, Afforestation, Agreement, Agricultural and ecological drought, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Air pollution, Albedo, Anomaly, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Anthropogenic emissions, Anthropogenic subsidence, Arid zone, Aridity, Atmosphere, Attribution, Autonomous adaptation, Avalanche, Baseline/reference, Baseline scenario, Behavioural change, Benthic, Benthos, Beta diversity, Biodiversity, Biodiversity hotspots, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Biomass, Biomes, Biosphere, Blue carbon, Blue infrastructure, Burden, Business as usual, Calcification, Capacity building, Carbon dioxide, Carbon dioxide fertilisation, Carbon dioxide removal, Carbon footprint, Carbon stock, Cascading impacts, Catchment, Cities, City region, Climate, Climate extreme, Climate feedback, Climate finance, Climate governance, Climate information, Climate justice, Climate literacy, Climate model, Climate prediction, Climate projection, Climate refugium, Climate resilient development, Climate resilient development pathways, Climate-resilient pathways, Climate services, Climate simulation ensemble, Climate-smart agriculture, Climate system, Climate variability, Climate velocity, Climatic driver, Co-benefits, Coast, Coastal erosion, Communicable disease, Community-based adaptation, Compound risks, Compound weather/climate events, Concentrations scenario, Confidence, Conservation agriculture, Coping, Coping capacity, Coral bleaching, Coral reef, Cost–benefit analysis, Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Cryosphere, Cultural impacts, Decarbonisation, Deep uncertainty, Deforestation, Deliberate transformations, Desertification, Detection, Detection and attribution, Developed/developing countries, Development pathways, Diatoms, Diet, Disaster, Disaster management, Disaster risk, Disaster risk management, Disaster risk reduction, Discounting, Downscaling, Drainage, Driver, Drought, Early warning systems, Earth system model, Eastern boundary upwelling systems, Ecosystem, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Ecosystem health, Ecosystem services, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Emergence, Emission pathways, Emissions scenario, Enabling conditions, Endemic species, Energy access, Energy efficiency, Energy security, Energy system, Equality, Equity, Ethics, Eutrophication, Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, Evidence, Evolutionary adaptation, Exposure, Externality/external cost/external benefit, Extinction, Extirpation, Extreme/heavy precipitation event, Extreme sea level, Extreme weather event, Fairness, Feasibility, Fire weather, Flood, Flux, Food-borne diseases, Food security, Food system, Forest, Forest degradation, Forest line, Fossil fuels, Glacial lake outburst flood /Glacier lake outburst, Glacier, Global change, Global mean sea level change, Global mean surface air temperature, Global mean surface temperature, Global monsoon, Global warming, Governance, Governance capacity, Green Climate Fund, Green infrastructure, Greenhouse gases, Grey infrastructure, Gross domestic product, Groundwater recharge, Habitability, Hazard, Health, Heat index, Heat stress, Heatwave, Heavy precipitation event, Human behaviour, Human mobility, Human rights, Human security, Human system, Hydrological cycle, Hydrological drought, Hydropower, Hyperthermal events, Hypoxic, Hypoxic events, Ice sheet, Impacts, Income, Incremental adaptation, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous knowledge, Inequality, Informal settlement, Infrastructure, Institutional capacity, Institutions, Insurance/reinsurance, Integrated assessment, Integrated assessment model, Invasive species, Just transitions, Justice, Key risk, Land, Land cover, Land-cover change, Land degradation, Land management, Land use, Land-use change, Least Developed Countries, Likelihood, Livelihood, Local extinction, Local knowledge, Lock-in, Loss and Damage, and losses and damages, Low Elevation Coastal Zones, Low-likelihood, high impact outcomes, Maladaptive actions, Malnutrition, Marine heatwave, Mean sea level, Measurement, Megacity, Megadrought, Mental health, Meteorological drought, Methane, Metric, Microclimate, Migrant, Migration, Mitigation, Mitigation measures, Mitigation option, Mitigation scenario, Models, Monitoring and evaluation, Mountains, Multi-level governance, Narrative, Native species, Natural systems, Nature-based solutions, Net primary production, Net zero CO2 emissions, New Urban Agenda, Non-climatic driver, Non-communicable diseases, Ocean, Ocean acidification, Ocean deoxygenation, Ocean stratification, Outbreak, Oxygen minimum zone, Ozone, Pandemic, Particulate matter, Pasture, Path dependence, Pathways, Peat, Peatlands, Pelagic, Pelagos, Peri-urban areas, Permafrost, Permafrost degradation, Permafrost thaw, Phenology, Photosynthesis, Planetary health, Plankton, Planned relocation, Plasticity, Policies, Political economy, Polycentric governance, Potential evapotranspiration, Poverty, Poverty trap, Pre-industrial, Precipitation deficit, Precursors, Predictability, Primary production, Procedural justice, Projection, Proxy, Radiative forcing, Reasons for Concern, Reference period, Reference scenario, Reforestation, Refugium, Region, Regulation, Relative humidity, Reporting, Representative Concentration Pathways, Representative Key Risks, Reservoir, Residual risk, Resilience, Resolution, Respiration, Restoration, Return period, Risk, Risk assessment, Risk management, Risk perception, Risk transfer, Runoff, Salt-water intrusion/encroachment, Scenario, Sea ice, Sea level change, Sea surface temperature, Semi-arid zone, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Sensitivity, Sequestration, Settlements, Shared socio-economic pathways, Shelf seas, Sink, Small Island Developing States, Snow cover, Snow water equivalent, Social-ecological system, Social inclusion, Social infrastructure, Social justice, Social learning, Social protection, Societal transformations, Socio-economic scenario, Socio-technical transitions, Soil erosion, Soil moisture, Soil organic carbon, Soil organic matter, Solar radiation modification, Solution space, Source, Southern Annular Mode, Southern Ocean, Spatial and temporal scales, Standard, Storm surge, Storyline, Stranded assets, Stratification, Streamflow, Stressors, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable development, Sustainable development pathways, Sustainable forest management, Sustainable land management, Sympagic, Teleconnection, Temperature overshoot, Tier, Tipping element, Tipping point, Trade-off, Transformation, Transformational adaptation, Transformative change, Transition, Tree line, Tropical cyclone, Tsunami, Tundra, Uncertainty, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Uptake, Upwelling region, Urban Systems, Urban, Urban and peri-urban agriculture, Urbanisation, Values and beliefs, Vector-borne disease, Ventilation, Vulnerability, Vulnerability index, Water-borne diseases, Water security, Water-use efficiency, Weathering, Well-being, Wetland, Displacement, PH
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