This policy outlines the necessity and strategy for systematically integrating Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) principles into the measurable indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), adopted as the “UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience.” The GGA aims to bolster adaptive capacity and resilience globally, particularly for vulnerable developing nations. However, its effectiveness hinges on operationalizing its broad thematic and functional targets at the community level. Analysis shows only 35 percent of the proposed 100 GGA indicators directly align with LLA principle. 60 percent show potentially alignment and 5 percent show none. Strongest alignment is observed in poverty eradication and livelihoods (80%) and cultural heritage and knowledge (75%), while implementation (20%), infrastructure and settlements (29%), and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (0%) remain weak. Better integration of LLA enablers into the GGA indicators is needed if the global goal is going to reflect LLA. Participatory design, disaggregated data, and transparent finance channels should be prioritized to reach local actors with resources and decisions relevant.
This policy brief lays out a a shift in indicator finalization to ensure that global accountability mechanisms genuinely reflect the experiences, knowledge, and priorities of local communities, women, youth and marginalized groups, who are on the frontline of climate impacts.
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