Tackling climate change: Adaptation and resilience opportunities
The report summarises the findings of an international events series hosted by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) last year in the run up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The COP26 adaptation and resilience events series showcased collaborative, locally-led and globally relevant research aligned to the UK COP26 presidency’s adaptation loss and damage theme. It focused on how we can respond to and prepare for the impacts of climate change in a wide range of locations across the globe.
The COP26 negotiations in Glasgow have concluded. There are a number of outcomes that aim to enhance climate adaptation and resilience efforts internationally which were also identified during the events series. The next step will be to act on the commitments made.
- Events in the series highlighted the importance and urgency of accelerating climate adaptation action – the impacts are here now and there is demand for increased commitments from all actors. Consensus amongst world leaders on urgently accelerating climate action is growing, with nearly 200 countries having agreed the Glasgow Climate Pact and outstanding elements of the Paris Agreement at COP26.
- Within the pact is a commitment to double the level of funding for developing nations to adapt to climate change by 2025 and develop better ways to compensate for the loss and damage that climate change inflicts. The UKRI events series highlighted the need for more innovative and accessible adaptation finance, from both the public and private sectors.