Momentum Builds for Strong Adaptation Outcome at COP30
At this week's pre-COP, countries called for more political backing to finalize the Global Goal on Adaptation in Belem, but questions remain over finance.
Edited by Megan Rowling and Sebastián Rodríguez, government delegations and civil society representatives at the pre-COP in Brasilia this week had hoped for bigger advances on key topics, one stood out as winning broad backing for a leap forward at next month's UN climate summit: adaptation.
Efforts to adapt to worsening extreme weather and rising seas have long trailed behind measures to cut planet-heating emissions in terms of political support and funding.
But as storms, droughts, floods and extreme heat take an ever-higher toll across the world, that imbalance could shift significantly at COP30, this week's discussions suggest.
Questions remain over finance.
Author's summary: Momentum builds for adaptation outcome.