Climate Change Impact

Definition

"Climate-change impacts are the consequences of climate change – both expected and realised – for natural and human systems."

Source: Nature Portfolio

Explainer

Climate-change impacts, especially on populations in Africa and low-lying island nations, are unprecedented, with floods, droughts, heatwaves and water scarcity. They are putting lives and livelihoods of current and future generations at great risk. According to the latest IPCC report, "vulnerable communities who have historically contributed the least to current climate change are disproportionately affected".