Ability to adapt indefinitely to climate change is a 'myth'

A Kick Big Polluters Out protest at the Cop27 UN Climate Summit on Thursday. Photo: AP/Peter Dejong

Wholly adapting to climate change as a solution to the crisis is largely a "myth" and cannot substitute for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

That is according to the annual 10 New Insights in Climate Science unveiled at the UN climate change summit Cop27 in Egypt, where research's main findings over the past 12 months were presented.