Climate adaptation has a new global plan. What the Belem indicators are and why they matter to Africa

Climate adaptation has a new global plan. What the Belem indicators are and why they matter to Africa

At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress indicators. The “Belém Adaptation Indicators” were developed through a two-year UN process. Although the name may sound technical, the idea is straightforward. For the first time, countries now have a shared way to understand whether the world is actually improving at adapting to cl…