FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS

• A hotter earth is already causing widespread damage and death.
• Unless measures are taken, the next 20 years will see explosive growth in every major climate impact.
• Most impacts are highly concentrated especially on children and the poor.
• Almost every country has high vulnerability to one major climate impact.
• Much damage caused by climate change is still readily preventable.
• Low human development increases vulnerability to climate change while climate change threatens key development goals.
• Tackling climate change is a major opportunity.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Danger is present. Responses are cost-effective. Inaction is unconscionable.
• Immediately reinforce responses to major climate-sensitive health concerns: malnutrition, diarrheal infections, and malaria.
• Reinforce national plans to limit climate impacts.
• Expand human and gender development efforts in most-vulnerable countries.
• Invest in filling urgent research gaps.
• Widely disseminate the Climate Vulnerability Monitor’s findings.

Climate Vulnerability Monitor findings and recommendations