Climate adaptation: what can be achieved • Table.Briefings

Industrialized countries must also adapt in order to be better protected in the future: Cleaning up after the recent floods in the Valencia region.

Which indicators are suitable for measuring progress in climate adaptation? How much support do wealthy countries need to provide? This is being negotiated at COP29 in Baku. Many open questions are more technical. But there is also a lot of money at stake.

An Excel table lists almost 10,000 possible indicators for successful climate adaptation. They are currently being discussed at COP29 in Baku. The experts’ task: by the time COP30 begins in fall 2025 at the latest, the list should be narrowed down to such an extent that it can be finalized and adopted in Brazil. This would be an important step towards the practical implementation of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), which was adopted in Dubai last year.

Climate adaptation: what can be achieved in Baku

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