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This technical report explores in detail the task ahead to transform the Global Adaptation Goal in the Paris climate agreement from warm words into real action that will save lives and livelihoods on the ground. Adaptation commitments by the international community have tended to take a back seat to climate mitigation in the past. However, the establishment of the Global Goal on Adaptation marks a significant step towards achieving material parity between mitigation and adaptation. This paper is intended for intergovernmental science bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and specialised bodies established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in addition to various other governmental bodies.

The authors call for the Ad hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement to create a standing agenda item to provide further guidance to those bodies in undertaking their work. This would not only help to ensure that the Paris Agreement’s adaptation measures are put into action – but would also help to ensure that adaptation action was coherent – helping the most climate-vulnerable countries and people to benefit most from these new commitments.