The adaptation communication was established by Article 7, paragraphs 10 and 11, of the Paris Agreement. Each Party should submit and update periodically an adaptation communication, which may include information on its priorities, implementation and support needs, plans and actions.

Its purposes are to increase the visibility and profile of adaptation and its balance with mitigation, strengthen adaptation action and support for developing countries, provide input to the global stocktake, and enhance learning and understanding of adaptation needs and actions.

The adaptation communication shall be submitted, as appropriate, as a component of or in conjunction with other communications and/or documents, including a national adaptation plan, a national communication, a nationally determined contribution, or a biennial transparency report.

Decision 9/CMA.1 contains the guidance for preparing and submitting an adaptation communication. It outlines the general modalities for submission, recommends timelines, outlines how the adaptation communication relates to other documents containing adaptation information, and identifies the specific types of information that Parties may include.

The adaptation communications will be recorded in a public registry maintained by the secretariat. Parties will consider the final design of this registry at the third session of the CMA.

Adaptation communications submitted by Parties

Under the Paris Agreement, Parties should submit and regularly update an adaptation communication. The adaptation communication can be submitted independently or together with other communications and/or documents. The adaptation communications will be recorded in a public registry.*

Paragraph 12 of decision 1/CMA.2, encourages Parties to submit their first adaptation communications as soon as possible. To facilitate this, and due to requests by Parties and stakeholders, the secretariat is publishing on this provisional page information on the adaptation communications received to date.

Parties wishing to include information on this provisional webpage are invited to contact the secretariat via adaptation-communications@unfccc.int.

* The specific provisions and guidance for the adaptation communications can be found in Articles 7, paragraphs 10 and 11, of the Paris Agreement, as well as in decision 9/CMA.1.

Parties are currently finalizing the design of the public registry referred to in Article 7, paragraph 12, of the Paris Agreement. Once available, that public registry will replace this page.