dc.contributor | Communications Division | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-11T07:13:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-11T07:13:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/35077 | |
dc.description | Nairobi, 14 January 2021 –
As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step upaction to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, a new UN Environment Programme(UNEP) report finds.
Adaptation – reducing countries’ and communities’ vulnerability to climate change by increasing their ability to absorbimpacts – is a key pillar of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The agreement requires its signatories to implementadaptation measures through national plans, climate information systems, early warning, protective measures andinvestments in a green future. | en_US |
dc.format | Text | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.rights | Public | en_US |
dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE | en_US |
dc.subject | TEMPERATURE | en_US |
dc.subject | NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS | en_US |
dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION | en_US |
dc.title | Step Up Climate Change Adaptation or Face Serious Human and Economic Damage – UN report | en_US |
wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en_US |
wd.topics | Climate Action | en_US |
wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 3:00 pm | en_US |