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Responding to the UN Environment Programme’s 2022 Adaptation Gap ReportManuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead, and COP20 President, said: 

“Mother Nature’s alarm bells are not being heard by the decision-makers who shape our world. Even at 1.1℃ global temperature increase, we are seeing catastrophic impacts globally. That is clear evidence that we are not reducing our CO2 emissions fast enough, and the impacts that we are seeing now are just the tip of the iceberg.  

“Without urgent action to combat the climate crisis and build the resilience of communities and ecosystems to climate change and weather-related disasters, the world will face an unprecedented and protracted humanitarian and ecological crisis.

“The UNEP Adaptation Gap 2022 Report underscores the critical situation we face, with neither current policies nor the national climate commitments by countries on track to limit global warming to 1.5℃.

 “Now is the time for our leaders to be bold and decisive. They must be united in their commitments to prevent the climate crisis from spiralling out of control, and respond to the adaptation needs of communities and ecosystems currently bearing the impacts. They must work to prevent the climate disruptions the world is experiencing.

“At COP27, we need leaders to agree a roadmap for doubling of finance for adaptation, and to agree to allocate at least 50% public climate finance for adaptation as grant finance. Anything less will commit the most vulnerable societies to the ongoing and increasing impacts caused by the climate crisis.”

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WWF COP27 Expectations paper is available to read here
UNEP report published here.

WWF COP27 Expectations for Adaptation:

-Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA): The Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh Work Programme on the GGA (GlaSS) should establish a transparent and common understanding on how to assess collective progress towards achieving the GGA. The GlaSS must identify adaptation gaps and actions needed to support the most urgent needs to accelerate adaptation in a transformative way at the international and national levels. The work programme must also clarify how the GlaSS outcomes can feed into the Global Stocktake as sources of inputs. COP27 should adopt a decision that GGA shall be a permanent agenda item under the CMA and SBs by COP28 when the mandate of the GlaSS ends. 

-National Adaptation Plans (NAPs): starting in 2010, the NAPs process enables parties to identify medium- and long-term adaptation needs and develop and implement strategies and programmes to address those needs. As of February 2022, only 34 countries had submitted their NAPs. All countries must finalize their NAPs and start implementing them, and developed countries must provide the necessary support. 

-Adaptation Communications: As of February 2022, 41 countries (developed and developing) had submitted their adaptation communications. COP27 should adopt a decision to produce a synthesis report by COP28 on adaptation actions reflected in the NAPs and the Adaptation Communications. This report should identify priorities, how to address the gaps and needs to accelerate adaptation implementation, and serve as an input to the GST.

 


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