Global progress on adaptation implementation
Chandni Singh & Divyanshi Vyas | 4 November 2024
Since its inception in 2020, the implementation chapter of the Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) has provided an overview of implemented adaptation action worldwide, using various data sources of global and intercontinental coverage. Every year, the chapter updates the evolution of adaptation projects over time, and their annual grant value under the multilateral climate funds that serve the Paris Agreement, i.e. the Adaptation Fund, GEF and GCF (figure 3.1). In addition, three new data sources are analysed for the first time: final evaluations of adaptation projects, implementation reports of NAPs, and a global database of city adaptation actions. These data sources provide novel insights into key aspects of adaptation progress, notably, the outcomes and sustainability of adaptation projects, the degree of implementation of NAPs, and the extent of subnational adaptation actions as demonstrated in self-reported urban adaptation.