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Key COP document calls for progress in adapting to climate change by 2030

💫By 2025, all countries must have in place a detailed plan to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change in their territory, and must demonstrate progress in implementing such a plan by 2030, the draft of a key climate document released on Sunday said. A final version is expected to be part of the agreement when the United Nation’s COP-28 climate summit concludes in Dubai on Tuesday.

💫Much of the focus at the annual talks is on “mitigation”, getting countries to commit to time-bound plans to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions, reflected in the emphasis on the Global Stocktake process. However, there is an equally important process under way on “adaptation”. Global temperatures have already risen 1.1 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times and brought in their wake an acceleration in climate-related disasters, exhaustive scientific investigations show. “Adaptation” refers to the adjustments in ecological, social or economic systems that countries must make in response to these, and other anticipated climate effects.

💫These actions are country-specific and can range from building flood defences, setting up early warning systems for cyclones, switching to drought-resistant crops, to redesigning government policies, according to the UN climate division.