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India welcomes the release of the Working Group II (WG2) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Major Findings

• The Report affirms that climate change due to historical emissions is leading to serious impacts which are already being felt globally.
• The Report emphasizes that action on adaptation is urgently needed – as urgently as action on mitigation.
• Further, the SPM clearly acknowledges the importance of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in adaptation to climate change.
• Vulnerable and marginalized communities, regions and populations face rising exposure to hazards.
• The Report is a clarion call for the world to abandon their unsustainable production and consumption and move urgently to climate resilient development.
• The Report notes that the impacts and the consequent limitations to adaptation would rise beyond 1.5 degree warming above pre-industrial levels.
• Provision of finance is critical for helping developing countries and vulnerable populations act quickly and effectively. Public finance is the key enabler for adaptation.
• Rapid progress on achieving the SDGs will help in enhancing adaptive capacity and resilience.
• The Report re-affirms that the balance between adaptation and mitigation in climate resilient development depends on national circumstances.
• Adaptation suffers from a tremendous lack of finance, with only a small proportion of climate finance devoted to it, while the overwhelming proportion goes to mitigation.
• The Report recognizes the key role of agriculture and the great importance of food security in adaptation.
• India faces multiple climate hazards and has high vulnerability to climate change.