Adaptation Gap Report, 2022

About the report-

• UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2022 is titled: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk. 
• The report looks at progress in planning, financing and implementing adaptation actions.
• At least 84 per cent of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have established adaptation plans, strategies, laws and policies – up 5 per cent from the previous year. 
• A third of the 197 parties to the UNFCCC have incorporated quantified and time-bound targets on adaptation. And 90 per cent of them have considered gender and disadvantaged groups.
• However, financing to turn these plans and strategies into action isn’t following. International adaptation finance flows to developing countries are 5-10 times below estimated needs and the gap is widening.  
• Implementation of adaptation actions – concentrated in agriculture, water, ecosystems and cross-cutting sectors – is increasing.  
• According to UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report – the recently released sister publication of the Adaptation Gap Report – Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement point towards global warming of 2.4-2.6°C by the end of the century. 
• The report also highlighted that the best way was to link actions on mitigation and adaptation in terms of planning, financing and implementation, which would provide co-benefits. One example of this could be nature-based solutions.