My name is Lorraine, speaking on behalf of rights-based constituencies – YOUNGO, Women and Gender Constituency, and both ENGOS – Climate Action Network and the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice.

We stand in solidarity with those suffering from the wars across the world and strongly condemn that public funds go to funding militarism instead of climate finance. We call for an end to the wars.

We value the immense work done so far on the Global Goal on Adaptation, but it is time that we ensure that people and ecosystems are actually protected from devastating climate impacts, and for that, adaptation finance is an absolute prerequisite. Any further delay in the provision of finance for adaptation will translate into loss of life and permanent displacement across the Global South. We need to start both the technical phase and the political phase now. 

We are all aware that Article 9.1 creates a hard obligation for developed country Parties to provide finance for developing country Parties. Thus, the inclusion of MOI indicators in the GGA is crucial to track this financial provision from developed to developing countries. We really cannot leave Bonn without agreeing on a way forward on the MOI indicators. Such indicators need to assess the provision of finance based on the principle of Justice and Equity, based on CBDR – and thus we cannot accept any indicators on ODA and national budgets. Closing the adaptation gap requires scaled-up grant-based public funding that is accessible, predictable, and in alignment with local priorities. So we also demand a follow-up to the Glasgow commitment. 

Let us be clear – adaptation is a right to survival, especially of the most vulnerable. We urge you to center them in cross-cutting considerations. No framework of indicators will be complete without consideration for the specific circumstances of gender, local and Indigenous communities, age, disability, racial and ethnic minorities, migrants, and workers. 

To close our intervention, we recognize that global solidarity is at a crossroads today. We want to believe in multilateralism, which we have all put our faith in. So, for communities across the world to really believe in your “commitment to progress,” we need immediate action for our collective survival, we need the provision of adaptation finance, and MOI indicators to track this, and we need it NOW.