Unlocking Climate Adaptation at COP31
Abstract
Adaptation to climate change consists in anticipating and responding to climate risks to reduce harm and seize opportunities. Negotiations to coordinate adaptation have made significant progress since COP21 established the global goal on adaptation in 2015. COP28 defined seven thematic targets (including water, food and health) while, last year, COP30 adopted 59 indicators to track progress. 2 Yet, investment lags, making financing a priority for COP31. Adaptation also cuts across many of the Turkish COP31 Presidency's ten priorities, including resilient energy systems, agriculture, cities and human health. Although the June 2026 talks on the Global Goal on Adaptation did not produce an agreed text, they helped define the agenda for COP31. Outstanding questions include how to organise the technical body tasked with refining the COP30 indicators and how the goal relates to the COP30 commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2035.
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BibTeX
@article{ntsiful2026unlocking,
title = {{Unlocking Climate Adaptation at COP31}},
author = {Enoch Ntsiful and François Cohen and Patrick Fahr},
journal = {Les Cahiers Espace, Environnement, Risques et Résilience},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05849035v1},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Unlocking Climate Adaptation at COP31
AU - Enoch Ntsiful
AU - François Cohen
AU - Patrick Fahr
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/02
JO - Les Cahiers Espace, Environnement, Risques et Résilience
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05849035v1
AB - Adaptation to climate change consists in anticipating and responding to climate risks to reduce harm and seize opportunities. Negotiations to coordinate adaptation have made significant progress since COP21 established the global goal on adaptation in 2015. COP28 defined seven thematic targets (including water, food and health) while, last year, COP30 adopted 59 indicators to track progress. 2 Yet, investment lags, making financing a priority for COP31. Adaptation also cuts across many of the Turkish COP31 Presidency's ten priorities, including resilient energy systems, agriculture, cities and human health. Although the June 2026 talks on the Global Goal on Adaptation did not produce an agreed text, they helped define the agenda for COP31. Outstanding questions include how to organise the technical body tasked with refining the COP30 indicators and how the goal relates to the COP30 commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2035.
SN - 3003-5244
ER -