Methodologies for reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and support: Reference paper
This paper comprises the compilation of methodologies for reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation as of July 2023 alongside lessons learned, gaps and challenges identified through their application at different levels. The Adaptation Committee (AC) and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG), from 2020 to 2023 and in collaboration with the SCF, compiled existing methodologies, based on desk top studies and on the submissions received in response to decision 11/CMA.1, para. 36, and established a joint working group to advise the three bodies on the further work regarding their mandate.
The paper reflects the considerations by the AC, the LEG and the SCF, along with their joint working group, on the purpose, principles and scope of the review and on its overall context and potential sources of information. It presents additional considerations and proposals for conducting the global review as expressed by Parties and other stakeholders under the technical dialogues of the global stocktake, the work programme on the global goal on adaptation and in other recent discussions. Finally, it outlines opportunities in drawing on and refining the existing methodologies and in conducting additional work with a view to informing and shaping the global review over time.