COP 30 Side Event | Mobilizing Finance to Deliver on Global Goal on Adaptation: Pathways and partnerships for resilient food systems

Achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation demands adequate and trackable financing for country-led adaptation solutions, yet this finance remains scarce, fragmented, and difficult to monitor, especially for vital climate-resilient food systems.

This side event, organized by IISD, CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR), and Biovision, seeks to move beyond principles and identify practical approaches for unlocking adaptation finance. It will convene policy-makers, funders, farmers' organizations, and researchers to focus on three key actions. 

First, participants will explore the direct link between UAE FGCR and specific national adaptation priorities, ensuring global ambition translates into concrete local plans. Second, the group will identify and vet innovative financing instruments and processes that can de-risk adaptation investments and effectively channel capital where it's most needed. Third, the session will pinpoint practical resources and methods for advancing the tracking of both adaptation finance and actions to examine their adequacy and effectiveness properly. 

Participants will examine barriers, identify policy enablers, and showcase replicable solutions and partnerships, ultimately identifying clear opportunities for immediately turning words into action.