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RESURGENCE: Resilience is Africa’s future - Climate Adaptation Stories from Africa

Africa is rising. From Senegalese women replanting mangroves to reclaim coastal rice fields to a Kenyan community preserving Indigenous seeds for food, this photo book shows how Africans are doing everything in their power to survive, to salvage their livelihoods, and to protect their homes and heritage.

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Global Adaptation

The Global Goal on Adaptation Must Respond to Actual Needs

As the 2021 Glasgow Pledge is set to expire, COP30 needs a dedicated political commitment and a needs-based finance approach to put the Global Goal on adaptation into action.

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Tripling the Adaptation Finance Goal Is Possible — Here’s What It Takes

Accelerating adaptation finance is an increasingly urgent priority for global climate action, particularly for developing countries and communities facing the brunt of climate impacts. At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, there’s an opportunity for negotiators to adopt a new adaptation finance goal.

From Targets to Implementation: Shaping the Global Goal on Adaptation at SB 62

The real test of any indicator framework isn’t its technical sophistication — it’s whether it captures what matters most for the people living with climate impacts. As the indicator work nears completion and COP30 in Belém comes into focus, attention is shifting toward the ultimate test: implementation. Can the international community translate years of technical work into meaningful action that reaches the frontlines of climate impact?

Climate Adaptation is Key to a Climate Resilient Future. But What Does it Mean?

Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity, with widespread and severe consequences for people, the natural world, and the global economy. However, climate change jargon can be confusing. So what is climate adaptation, why does it matter, and why is the climate community zeroing in on the Global Goal on Adaptation?

Explainer: The State of the Global Goal on Adaptation after SB62

This explainer gives an overview of the current state of negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) after June's 2025 SB 62 meetings took place. Additionally, it provides information on how Parties, experts, and other actors are working to develop indicators and address a range of cross-cutting and emerging issues.

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Can COP 30 Mark a Turning Point for Climate Adaptation?

Without tangible new finance commitments, the ambition of the Global Goal on Adaptation risks remaining rhetorical. COP 30 provides the opportunity to elevate the issue of adaptation and resilience. With the right outcomes in Belém on finance targets, measurement systems, and political commitments, COP 30 could be remembered as the moment adaptation financing and implementation finally matched the scale of the challenge.

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Hurricane Melissa: Proof Climate Adaptation is Key

Category 5 storm, Hurricane Melissa, is a stark reminder of what a warmer world looks like. Global adaptation is more important than ever as this storm showed how early warning systems, public communication, and local preparedness saved lives. The success of COP 30 will hinge on 3 things: agreeing the 100 indicators, landing on a common understanding of how finance will be provided and measured, and a workplan to ensure it is rolled out.

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Beyond the Headlines: COP30’s Outcomes and Disappointments

COP 30 secured some important wins with a new target to triple finance for climate adaptation and a new fund for tropical forest conservation. Yet, it omitted some of the big-ticket items that many climate experts and leaders hoped to see.

COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

In this in-depth analysis, Carbon Brief examines key outcomes that came from COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

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COP 30 Outcome: What it means and what’s next

COP 30 was a reflection of both a shared desire for global action and polarization across interests. While the conference showed deep divisions on finance, trade measures, mitigation pathways, and other areas, there were some positive outcomes from COP 30.

E3G’s COP30 insight tracker

This insights tracker highlights expert analysis, commentary, and reflections on COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

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Beyond COP 30: Scaling Climate Adaptation for a More Livable Planet

In this reflection piece, UN Foundation's Senior Advisor on Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio highlights the outcomes and determined efforts of the climate adaptation community at COP 30.

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Adaptation Finance

A new adaptation finance target is due

After years of negotiations, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed at COP 29 on a New Collective Quantified Goal for Climate Finance. But this is far below the estimated needs of developing countries. Countries should seize this opportunity to respond to these challenges with the appropriate levels and quality of adaptation finance.

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Avoiding a Finance Deadlock: The Need and Opportunity for Presidency Leadership on Adaptation Finance ahead of COP 30

Adaptation will be a central story of COP 30, and success depends on unlocking negotiations on adaptation finance. Through its Presidency letters and public statements, Brazil has an opportunity to promote a narrative articulating an ambitious but balanced set of adaptation finance outcomes at COP 30.

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Finance, Adaptation and COP30: who owes what?

As COP 30 quickly approaches,Brazil must use its Presidency platform to secure renewed commitments on climate finance to ensure the continued integrity of the Paris Agreement and its commitment cycles.

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What Could a New Adaptation Finance Goal Look Like?

As the Glasgow goal is due in 2025, governments and civil society groups are calling for new adaptation finance goals at COP 30 in an effort to continue scaling up adaptation support. This piece explores seven potential ways to frame a new adaptation finance goal and its implications.

Contributor countries must urgently step forward with ambitious new climate finance pledges

In the run-up to COP 30, this blog analyzes the importance of climate finance provision – particularly in the form of grants and concessional loans – to meet needs and provide political reassurance to developing countries.

Adaptation Supply Chain

Logistics in a +2°C world

This white paper calls on shippers and logistics service providers to accelerate efforts to strengthen the climate-resilience of global supply chains.

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