This technical briefing offers a concise overview of the current state of negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) after COP29 in November 2024, including summarized information on how Parties, experts, and other actors are working to develop indicators and address a range of cross-cutting and emerging issues.

The GGA was established by the Paris Agreement (1/CP.21, Article 7) as a global goal of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience, and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the temperature goal.

Operationalization of the GGA began with a two-year Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh work programme launched at COP26 (7/CMA.3). It continued with the adoption of the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience at COP28 and the launch of another two-year work programme, the UAE-Belém work programme 2024-2025 (2/CMA.5).

In November 2024, at the midpoint of this new work programme, Parties came together at COP29/CMA6 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate important elements for 2025 and beyond. Read this technical briefing to understand the key negotiation areas and how Parties and experts are working to develop indicators for operationalizing the GGA framework, incorporating the brand-new decision text from Baku and the current state of discussion.

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