Climate change: a threat to the well-being of humanity and the health of the planet.

Action is urgently needed to address the growing risks.

Protecting and strengthening nature is essential to ensure a decent future.

Cities: critical points of impacts and risks, but also an essential part of the solution.

Over the next two decades, the planet will face several unavoidable climate hazards with global warming of 1.5°C (2.7°F). Even if this level of warming is temporarily exceeded, there will be additional severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible. Risks to society will increase, particularly to low-lying coastal infrastructure and settlements.