In 2022 human society suffered from multiple crises including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and RussiaUkraine war, etc. This paper reviews a series of impressive results in the field of global climate change and climate governance in 2022. Recent progress on climate change is introduced from the point of view of continuous rising global temperature, record breaking greenhouse gas concentration, shrinking sea ice extent and rising sea level. Triple La Niña re-emergence, catastrophic heat wave-heavy flood in South Asia and heat wave-severe drought in Europe and China are selected as cases of extreme weather and climate events. Updating of global carbon commitment, promotion of the Multi-hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS), publication of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) WGⅡ and WGⅢ, holding of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) and the Biodiversity Conference (COP15) are highlighted to show the actions on global climate governance and updated cognition of climate change.

climate crisis  /  climate change  /  global climate governance  /  2022 hotspots