Means of implementation (MoI) form an integral component for scaling up adaptation action. It could be noted that aspects related to MoI have become more explicit in the negotiations on the GGA since at least CMA4 in 2022, where Parties requested the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies to take into account MoI for the themes for the workshops in 2023, and recognized that support in terms of finance, capacity-building, and technology development and transfer is a consideration in each stage of the adaptation cycle. Further, decision 2/CMA.5 encouraged Parties to consider the Framework in their deliberations on the NCQG and reiterated the importance of further mobilising support and closing the adaptation finance gap.

Decision 2/CMA.5 also identified finance, technology transfer, and capacity-building among elements of MoI for adaptation. Paragraph 32 further underscores that developing countries’ ability to operationalize the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience is contingent upon developed countries fulfilling their commitments on MoI and support. The linkage between finance and the GGA was further reinforced in decision 1/CMA.6 which established the NCQG, in which the CMA emphasised the urgent need to scale up adaptation finance in alignment with the GGA and its targets.

This position paper aims to assist countries to position themselves on areas related to MoI in the GGA negotiations towards a robust outcome and an improved understanding of the GGA.