We are going to have to figure out how to adapt faster than the impacts arriving at pace as a result of the heating planet.

One major project that is underway is a global early warning system to warn of impending impacts and hopefully give people time to prepare. (You can read out this here https://public.wmo.int/en/earlywarningsforall)

The current risk assessments estimate approximately 3.3-3.6 billion people live in hotspots of high vulnerability to climate change.

Near term (2023-2040) the people at heightened risk are:

🌡️ People living in places that are already close to their thermal limits

🏝️People living along coastlines

🧊People living near seasonal rivers and ice.

One place that has parts close to their thermal limits is India. They are not new to heatwaves and on avg have about 5-6 of these events a year. In 2022 the intensity was ramped up a couple of notches and they just experienced an extremely hot February.

From the IMD press briefing yesterday:

And projection for March-May

#Adaptation #ClimateLiteracy