{"id":13526,"date":"2022-02-28T16:08:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/ipcc-report-raises-alarm-about-consequences-of-climate-change-inaction\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:32:21","slug":"ipcc-report-raises-alarm-about-consequences-of-climate-change-inaction","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/ipcc-report-raises-alarm-about-consequences-of-climate-change-inaction\/","title":{"rendered":"IPCC report raises alarm about consequences of climate change inaction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Lead author Ed Carr stresses the need for transformational adaptation<\/p>\n

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Human-induced climate change has already affected the lives of billions of people around the world and has caused dangerous and widespread disruption in nature — and people and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability<\/a>.” The report from Working Group 2 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/a> (IPCC) was released today.<\/p>\n

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Edward Carr is director of the International Development, Community, and Environment Department at Clark University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edward Carr<\/a>, director of the International Development, Community, and Environment Department<\/a> at Clark, is a lead author of the report’s chapter on climate-resilient development pathways.<\/p>\n

The report shows an urgent need for adaptation, Carr says, and incremental changes won’t do it. “We’re looking at fundamental changes to the way we live and how we think about functioning in society.”<\/p>\n

Last week, Carr provided a preview<\/a> of the critical climate change assessment.<\/p>\n

As the world began digesting the report’s messages on Monday, Carr published an article on The Conversation<\/a> to explain its conclusions. He writes, “The world is not helpless in the face of these risks. If countries, communities, and individuals recognize the need for transformation, they can identify what they want to transform and what they want to preserve. … This does more than secure material safety. It changes people’s relationship with each other and the environment.”<\/p>\n

Carr’s comments on the report also appeared in a wide range of major media outlets, including:<\/p>\n