COP30 agrees on framework to track global climate resilience

The UN climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém saw countries agree to a set of indicators to track global adaptation progress, alongside additional financial support. This agreement follows the adoption of a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) framework at COP28 in 2023, which outlined the key sectors and activities that countries need to strengthen to be resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, including in the areas of food, water, and health. At COP30, countries further established a detailed set of indicators and methods, defining how the world’s governments will assess progress on climate adaptation.