2026: A Critical Year for Climate Adaptation
COP30 delivered two signals that frame the outlook for 2026: first, the political commitment to significantly scale up adaptation finance under the new collective quantified goal; second, the adoption of the Belém Indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA). While these outcomes marked progress, they also left open questions around implementation, comparability and support for countries with limited capacities. Against this backdrop, 2026 will be decisive in determining whether adaptation ambition translate into tangible resilience gains worldwide and particularly in the Global South.
Ten Years After Paris: How Global Adaptation Has Evolved — and the Role of COP30
Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, climate adaptation has become a defining element of global climate policy. This shift did not begin in 2015, but Paris marked the moment when adaptation moved from a fragmented field of pilot projects and scattered vulnerability assessments to a recognised pillar of international climate governance.
COP30 and the State of Global Adaptation: What Was Agreed – and What Comes Next
Adaptation moved to the forefront at COP30 in Belém, driven by the need to accelerate action and to clarify how progress can be measured. Parties agreed to step up efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035 in the context of the new collective quantified goal on climate finance, intended to support developing countries.
NegotiateCOP – An AI prototype levelling the negotiation playing field at COP30
The data labs of three German ministries and GIZ developed an AI prototype to help delegations navigate the vast amount of UNFCCC submissions.
COP30 and Adaptation: Turning Intent into Impact
The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) now stands at a turning point, with negotiators expected to advance the UAE–Belém Work Programme on Indicators and accelerate progress on national adaptation plans (NAPs).
Building Coherence in the Loss & Damage Architecture: From Warsaw to Belém
Last week, the 5th Santiago Network Advisory Board Meeting (SNAB5) took place in Geneva. While the meeting advanced internal matters such as strategy and work planning, its broader significance lies in highlighting how the loss and damage (L&D) support architecture has taken shape and how it is evolving on the road to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Global NAP Expo 2025 in Lusaka Strengthens Climate Adaptation Efforts
As the 10th edition of the NAP Expo ended in Lusaka, Zambia, delegates from across the globe left with renewed momentum for accelerating national adaptation plans, strengthened by the launch of updated NAP technical guidelines and a week of rich exchanges on climate resilience.
On the road to COP30: Zooming in on updates on Loss and Damage
As the world moves steadily toward COP30, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) and the Santiago Network are progressing their work.
SB62 in Review: What Bonn Delivered for Global Climate Adaptation
The SB62 climate negotiations in Bonn have concluded — time to take stock. What progress has been made on adaptation, and what lies ahead on the road to COP30 in Belém?
Bridging the gap: New guidance on how to integrate social protection in countries’ climate commitments
Climate change is reshaping the nature of risks for people worldwide, yet climate financing and measures often do not systematically reach those particularly vulnerable and affected. National social protection systems, that exist in some form in all countries, already provide mechanisms to manage risks people face, protecting from poverty and vulnerability – and therefore offer […]