COP29 –The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from November 11-22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

A relevant outcome to our work at The Resilience Institute was that Parties (countries) welcomed the work by the UNFCCC Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) technical expert group, of which I have the privilege of being part of.  

Under Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, the Global Goal on Adaptation calls for “enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change…” 

But how do we know if countries are achieving their commitments towards adaptation?  

As part of the technical expert group, I will assist in reviewing and refining the compilation and mapping of indicators as well as possibly developing new indicators for measuring progress achieved by countries towards adaptation. The final list of indicators will be confirmed by Parties to the Paris Agreement at COP30 in November 2025.  

Details on the draft decisions for the Global Goal on Adaptation can be found here.