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Although the phase out of fossil fuels has got most of the attention at Cop28, the outcome that will likely make the biggest difference to most people on the planet in the short- and medium-term is if countries come to an agreement on the global goal on adaptation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This global goal is a playbook for how the world is going to adapt to a climate that is changing rapidly and will continue to change, even if we ended fossil fuel use today. Across the world millions of people, most of whom are least responsible for carbon emissions, are attempting to adapt their lives and livelihoods to a distorted climate.<\/p>\n

This adaptation playbook is about more than money. It covers adaptation plans for a host of sectors, including farming, nature, health, water and transport among others. To be useful, this playbook needs a series of targets to plan actions, track investments and assess the effectiveness of adaptation measures and spending. These metrics need to specify what changes are needed to be in line with the science, by when and how to measure progress.<\/p>\n

Funding gap<\/h3>\n

Although it isn\u2019t just about money, funding is important and severely lacking. The goal for 2023 was to raise $300m for the Adaptation Fund, but at Cop28 we\u2019ve only seen $169m in pledges, a mere 56% of the intended amount.<\/p>\n

This is particularly galling considering that only last month, the UN\u2019s Environment Programme published its Adaptation Gap report which calculates the difference between the world\u2019s adaptation need and the amount of finance that has been committed. It found that this gap stands at around $387 billion. This is 10-18 times the actual finance flows to the countries and 50% more than the previous estimate.<\/p>\n

Considering emissions are still going up, it\u2019s a travesty that adaptation spending is falling. We are on course for a humanitarian crisis if this adaptation funding doesn\u2019t match the rise in emissions.\u00a0 And adaptation finance is great value for money.\u00a0 As Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley pointed out at Cop28, every $1 invested in adaptation saves $7 in loss and damage.<\/p>\n

For example, small-scale family farms are especially vulnerable and need urgent scaling up of adaptation finance; 2.5 billion people<\/a> rely on them for a livelihood. They produce a third of the world\u2019s food<\/a>\u00a0and as much as\u00a0half of the calories\u00a0<\/a>consumed globally but receive just\u00a00.3%<\/a>\u00a0of climate finance.<\/p>\n

US blocking<\/h3>\n

The problem is that here in Dubai, rich countries, especially the US, are blocking progress on the adaptation playbook. To some degree that\u2019s understandable. It is rich, high emitting countries like the US that need to contribute most to adaptation funding and take responsibility for the climate harm they have caused and continue to cause.<\/p>\n

But by dragging their feet, these countries are playing games with people\u2019s lives. The adaptation talks at Cop28 are crucial as we\u2019re not going to reduce emissions fast enough and therefore do actually need to tackle the impacts of climate change. We can\u2019t just settle for vague and aspirational objectives, we need a concrete plan that spells out how adaptation will be implemented for the people that need it most.<\/p>\n

African countries are the biggest cheerleaders for adaptation. It is Africans who are facing some of the most damaging impacts from the climate crisis. It\u2019s no wonder that Africa\u2019s chief negotiator in Dubai said agreement in Dubai on adaptation was a matter of life and death.<\/p>\n

The Cop28 host nation\u2019s close ties with the fossil fuel industry understandably makes for an easy story, but when it comes to whether this Cop did enough to help the world\u2019s climate vulnerable, it will be on whether it delivers strong language on a robust global response to the adaptation crisis that will be the real test.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Adow is the founder and director of Power Shift Africa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":49695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,2443,4951],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4683],"class_list":["post-49694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adaptation","category-comments","category-cop28","type-comment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdaptation playbook is the true test of Cop28 for world's vulnerable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans\" \/>\n<meta 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