The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was established with 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 2022-2023 launched at CMA 3 (7/CMA.3), which led to the adoption of the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience and the launch of the two-year UAE-Belém work programme 2024-2025 at CMA 5 (2/CMA.5). In November 2024, at the midpoint of the second work programme, Parties came together at CMA 6 in Baku to negotiate key elements for 2025 and beyond, resulting in decision 3/CMA.6.
The UAE-Belém work programme was concluded in November 2025 at CMA 7 in Belém, Brazil with decision 12/CMA.7, which adopted several key elements for the GGA and the emerging broader adaptation architecture under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement:
This technical briefing offers a concise overview of the current state of GGA negotiations ahead of the 64th sessions of the subsidiary bodies in Bonn (SB 64), including summarized information on how Parties, experts, and other actors have been working to develop indicators and address a range of cross-cutting and emerging issues.
