DUBAI: Just two days before the UN climate talks here are scheduled to end, negotiators on Sunday released a draft document to guide countries’ efforts to adapt to climate change and monitor collective progress. However, it falls short of expectations.
The Paris Agreement in 2015 introduced the concept of a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), a parallel to the global mitigation goal aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C as compared to pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.
Though the document acknowledged that the finance required for adaptation “remains insufficient” and the gap between the funds available and the actual financial support needed is “widening”, it doesn’t quantify anything.
While the draft reiterates that developed countries should at least double adaptation support to developing nations by 2025 compared to 2019 levels, it lacks reference to any baseline.