The first months of 2022 were the scene of the launch of the second and third part of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC of the United Nations (UN). This report discusses the seven main conclusions that emanated from the reports of GT22 and GT33.

The negative impacts and damage caused by climate change are also the result of social and political processes and the existing structural knots of inequality. Climate change encompasses unequally distributed impacts on women, youth, the elderly, people of different ethnic groups, the urban poor, and socially excluded groups, exacerbated by unequal
distribution and poor access to resources. Structurally disadvantaged people, who are subject to social, economic and political inequalities, historically resulting from discrimination, marginalization or disenfranchisement, are disproportionately vulnerable to the negative impacts of the hazards associated with climate change.

Only one indicator of SDG 5 is close too the target (SDG 5.5.1b: Proportion of positions held by women in local government). Three of the nine SDG 5 targets (33%) are behind on at least one progress indicator: target 5.4 on shared responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work, target 5.6 on women's capacity for informed decisions regarding their reproductive health, and target 5.c on policies and legislation for gender equality and the empowerment of women.