Adaptation
Climate Justice
A concept in environmental advocacy that highlights how the disproportionately impacts vulnerable groups and nations, and calls for ensuring that the social, economic, and ecological vulnerabilities are taken into account when planning and policies. Rich countries are historically responsible for most cumulative greenhouse gas emissions since the industrial revolution. Yet, it is the poorest countries […]
Deadly Heat
Deadly heat refers to hot temperatures beyond human tolerance. It is projected to affect major urban areas around the world throughout the 21st century due to the increased intensity of the “heat island effect”, which makes cities 10-15 °C hotter than surrounding areas, and more so without the proper infrastructure. The threshold for human survivability […]
Global Stocktake
The Global Stocktake (GST) is a process established under the to track progress of global and efforts. Background Article 14 of the Paris Agreement stipulates that the purpose of the GST is to assess the “collective progress” with regards to “mitigation, adaptation and the means of implementation and support”. Under this article, the first GST […]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body that assesses the science related to climate change and provides policymakers with recommendations on how to combat . Assessment Reports produced by the IPCC summarize the latest and most robust research on climate change. The IPCC findings tend to be biased towards the […]
Loss and Damage
Loss and damage refers to the unavoidable impacts of global heating that are beyond countries’ capabilities, including extreme weather events, such as , and slow-onset events, such as and . The term encompasses economic aspects such as damage to crops or infrastructure, as well as non-economic losses such as . The exact amount is hard […]
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