India, March 20 -- The report calls for accelerated actions to bridge funding gap,challenges 'myth of endless adaptation'

Some parts of the world have already reached their adaptation limits, the new Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report warned.

Certain tropical, coastal, polar and mountain ecosystems, the report stated, have reached their hard limits of adaptation, where adaptive actions cannot avoid negative impacts.

Adaptation in some places has also reached its soft limits. This situation arises when technological and socioeconomic options for adaptive action are not immediately available, resulting in impacts and risks that are currently unavoidable.

Small-scale farmers and households ...