Document Type
Research Project
Publication Date
Fall 9-25-2025
Abstract
The 2015 Paris Agreement1 established a "Global Goal Adaptation" (GGA), which aims to place climate change adaptation on the same level as mitigation, by developing an adaptation goal alongside the mitigation goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C. The GGA aims to create a global framework, with specific targets, to guide adaptation actions worldwide. However, in the absence of a quantifiable and universal benchmark, adaptation is much more complex to measure and implement than mitigation, which is centered around the universal indicator of the tone2 of CO2. Although established with the Paris Agreement in 2015, the GGA was the subject of few UN negotiations until 2021. Indeed, it was during COP26, once again at the initiative of the African Group, that the two-year Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh Work Programme on the GGA was launched. The objective of this programme, implemented by the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies (SBI and SBSTA), was to "better understand, conceptualize, and ultimately achieve resilience to climate impacts. It is within this framework that I am conducting this study to propose solutions to accelerate adaptation financing, especially for the countries of the Global South, of which I am a member. I see how climate change has changed the lives of many people in my community. I chose a political approach because that is where the big decisions are made and affect the lives of millions of people.
Recommended Citation
Jitimay, Abischag, "Operationalizing the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA): What governance mechanisms and measurement frameworks can be developed to make the GGA actionable, equitable, and country-driven?" (2025). COP30. 34.
https://buescholar.bue.edu.eg/cop30/34