A recent study by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) highlights that even a moderate increase of 2°C in global warming can lead to significant climate risks, challenging the notion that extreme risks only arise from higher levels of warming (3-4°C). The research, published in *Nature*, underscores the vulnerability of sectors like agriculture, densely populated regions, and forests to these changes. These sectors face potential disruptions such as altered growing seasons, increased drought or flooding, the spread of pests and diseases, heat waves, water scarcity, and infrastructure damage. Forests, which are vital carbon sinks, could suffer from increased wildfires, pest outbreaks, and changes in species composition.