2022

The purpose of the publication is not only to identify the mounting impacts of climate change and multiple barriers to climate action, but also to highlight implications and recommendations in support of a way forward for negotiators, policymakers and other relevant actors. [...] Hotspots of vulnerability in the Arabian Peninsula and Central Asia are related to loss of habitats and biodiversity decline, reducing the ability of ecosystems to mitigate climate change and provide ecosystem services and resources, therefore affecting the adaptive capacity of marginalised groups. [...] Insight 1 | Insight 2 | Insight 3 | Insight 4 | Insight 5 | Insight 6 | Insight 7 | Insight 8 | Insight 9 | Insight 10 22 4 Climate mobility: from evidence to anticipatory action Involuntary migration and displacement will increasingly occur due to climate change-related slow-onset impacts and the rising frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. [...] Insight 1 | Insight 2 | Insight 3 | Insight 4 | Insight 5 | Insight 6 | Insight 7 | Insight 8 | Insight 9 | Insight 10 IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 31 At a global level, it is suggested that all parties to the UNFCCC: • Strengthen forest-based actions of the Paris Agreement, to prevent the conversion of natural ecosystems, particularly tropical deforestation and degradation. [...] The finance sector needs to: • Develop and implement improved and more-transparent methods to assess the climate impacts of the capital they manage and the climate-related risks and opportunities they face in the transition to net-zero by the mid-century.