The Risk Supplement to the Vulnerability Sourcebook introduces the IPCC AR5 risk concept and provides guidelines on how to conduct risk assessments using the Vulnerability Sourcebook’s approach. The Supplement is now availaible in Spanish – Suplemento de Riesgo para el Libro de la Vulnerabilidad – and Arabic – ملحق المخاطر – التابع لكتاب المصادر الخاص بالقابلية للتأثر.
COP30 and the State of Global Adaptation: What Was Agreed – and What Comes Next
December 5, 2025
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.
