Carbon Brief explores the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and the challenges in tracking progress on adaptation.
Nearly a decade after the Paris Agreement, there is still no agreed way to measure progress towards the GGA, despite increasingly severe climate impacts around the world.
Climate impacts are increasingly being felt around the world, with the weather becoming more extreme and the risk to vulnerable populations growing.
A successful outcome at COP30 would provide a crucial step forward in addressing the global goal on adaptation.
Author's summary: COP30 to finalize adaptation tracking.