Petra Tschakert

1. WGII:
Impacts, Risks,
and Future Opportunities
Petra Tschakert
Ch13, WGII, AR5

2. Observed Impacts
Figure SYR SPM.4

3. Highlighting Risk in the AR5
The potential occurrence of a physical
event or trend that may cause loss of
life, injury, and damage.
The propensity or predisposition
to be adversely affected.
The presence of people and
livelihoods in places that
could be adversely affected.
Limited ability build adaptive capacity
Persistence of vulnerable conditions
High susceptibility to cumulative stressors
Irreversibility of consequences
Figure SPM.1

4. Examples of Impacts and Risks for People
Example: Heat
waves: declining
work productivity,
dehydration, heat
stroke, and death
Example: Additional duties for woman as
laborers and caregivers, reduced food intake,
more distress, adverse mental health, and in
some cases increasing incidences of
domestic violence.

5. Multidimensional Inequalities
Inequalities
Fig 13.5 and Box TS 4 Fig 1

6. Livelihoods are Dynamic
Ch13.

7. Livelihoods are Dynamic
Climate change =
a threat multiplier
Ch13.

8. Key Message
Continued emission of greenhouse gases will
cause further warming and long-lasting changes
in all components of the climate system,
increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and
irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.
Limiting climate change would require
substantial and sustained reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions which, together with
adaptation, can limit climate change risks.

9. Risks for Food Security
Figure SPM.7

10. Health
Impacts
Figure TS.10

11. Reasons for Concern
Box TS.5 Fig1

12. Indigenous and other unique
communities/social systems:
Loss of land, cultural and natural heritage
disrupting cultural practices embedded in
livelihoods
Reasons for Concern
WGII, Fig 12.1

15. Future Risks and Impacts
Climate change will amplify existing risks and
create new risks for natural and human systems.
Risks are unevenly distributed and are generally
greater for disadvantaged people and communities
in countries at all levels of development.

16. Approaches for Managing Risks
Overlapping – not discrete! Table TS.7

17. Table TS.7

18. Future Opportunities
Figure SPM.9