Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda

50% of food globally is produced through sustainable agriculture practices (incl. agro-ecological & regenerative approaches), without expansion of the agricultural frontier into pristine ecosystems, to deliver for people, nature, and climate.

Halve global food waste and food loss per capita (relative to 2019).

Adoption of healthy, locally-appropriate, and sustainable diets in line with global goals, respecting socio-cultural sensitivities and geographic variations. This includes increasing the global consumption per capita of fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and legumes by 1.5x, while also significantly increasing the share of alternative plant-based proteins in the meat and seafood markets.

Protect, manage, and restore biodiversity, including by halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation and conversion of natural ecosystems for agriculture, safeguard soil health, and ensure water quality and availability, to provide healthy and functioning natural ecosystems and resources for food and agriculture and other systems

Scale and re-orient climate finance flows from public and private sources towards resilient, inclusive, and sustainable food systems, increasing direct access for small-scale family farmers, women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples, aligned with climate risk-informed food policies and plans

By 2030, end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms, in particular for the poorest and most vulnerable, including infants, through access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

Advance a just and inclusive food systems transition, ensuring equitable and resilient livelihoods and meaningfully engaging all relevant stakeholders, and especially smallholders, women, youth and Indigenous Peoples, in relevant plans, processes and finances that affect them, with special emphasis on supporting their efforts to secure land and resource tenure rights, as well as boosting local markets for local consumption.

Health systems and facilities are resilient to climate hazards and vulnerable populations have access to safe and quality health services

Multi-sectoral heat action plans and health-sector action plans protect high risk populations (older persons, workers, impoverished, marginalised), for 50% of the populations exposed to extreme heat.

All countries have climate-informed health surveillance and early warning systems in place for priority climate-sensitive diseases, including vector-borne, water-related, airborne.

Increase financing flows to build climate-resilient health systems.

1 billion people have better design, construction and access to finance to live in decent, safe homes

Multi-hazard early warning systems have universal coverage

US$1 trillion invested in NbS for communities in urban areas

Improve social infrastructure and related services to ensure equitable and inclusive access to essential needs and resilience capacities

Increased municipal solid waste recovery and management in controlled facilities to reduce open burning by 60% while including the informal waste sector

Secure the future of 15 million hectares of mangroves globally by mobilising US$4 billion to halt mangrove loss, restore half of recent losses, double protection of mangroves globally to support the resilience of 15 million people and over US$65 billion worth of property annually

Secure the future, halt loss, protect and restore 125,000 sqm of shallow-water tropical coral reefs with investments of US$12 billion to support the resilience of more than half a billion people globally

Coastal cities are protected from ocean-based hazards by green, gray and hybrid solutions building resilience of at least 900 million people globally

Halt loss of, protect and restore seagrass ecosystems to mitigate climate change and support people and biodiversity globally

Halt loss, protect and restore , marshes, and kelp forests to support people in temperate communities

Transmission and distribution grids’ resilience to extreme events is increased and flexibility is enhanced to accommodate varying daily, seasonal, and inter-annual patterns of demand. Global grid investment nearly doubles by 2030 to over US$600 billion per year, including 359 GW of battery storage capacity.

Regional power pool integration is scaled up to mitigate the potential negative impacts on supply and demand of hydropower due to increased precipitation variability, allowing for a growing complementarity of renewables sources

Adaptation of energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure is mainstreamed into national energy planning and scenarios at national and sub-national levels

Affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy access to electricity for 675 million unconnected people and higher quality access for 1 billion underserved people through climate resilient energy systems

2.4 billion people with access to clean cooking through at least US$8 billion/year in innovative finance for clean cooking action worldwide

Support grid infrastructure resilience by reducing electricity consumption for cooling by approximately 30% (1900 TWh per year) by 2030

2.2 billion people access low-cost, clean vehicles and mobility solutions through the expansion of affordable public and private transport services

Transport infrastructure is resilient to climate hazards through integration of climate-informed approaches in planning, design, delivery and management of the infrastructure and adoption of new technologies, design and materials

Restore 300,000 kms of rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands by 2030 and protect healthy rivers and wetlands

By 2030, all communities living in the overlap of high climate hazard exposure and insufficient water supply, sanitation, and hygiene access have been targeted with climate resilient water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services

Coherent national policy frameworks and climate strategies are enhanced to integrate water planning that enables transformative climate outcomes in agriculture

By 2030, 1% of annual water sector spending is invested in NbS via watershed investment programs - like water funds – resulting in improved management and/or protection of rivers, lakes and wetlands, driving water security benefits and improving critical habitat for biodiversity

Water systems are smart, efficient and robust with a reduction in water loss through leakage, and wastewater systems maximise recycling and reuse alongside natural wetland filtration with zero environmental spillage

Protection of 30% of the world’s lands and inland waters, 2 billion hectares sustainable management and 350 million hectares restoration of land securing legal Indigenous and local communities with use of nature-based solutions to deliver the integrity of natural ecosystems for climate, water, food, health and other biodiversity life supporting roles

By 2025, financial institutions contribute to halting land conversion by eliminating commodity-driven deforestation from portfolios and all actors tap into nature-based solutions investment opportunities of US$484 billion/year needed by 2030

10,000 cities and 100 regional governments have evidence-based, actionable adaptation & resilience plans

2,000 companies have evidence-based, actionable adaptation & resilience plans

Universal access to data and analytics required to integrate climate risks and impacts into decision making and action across all levels

100% operationalization of NDCs with Adaptation components, National Adaptation Plans, and Locally-Led Principles, enabling adaptation in a country-driven, localized, and consultative manner

Private sector integrates physical climate risks into investment decisions and continues to innovate mechanisms for financing adaptation and resilience so as to enable the mobilization of the US$215 billion to US$387 billion that will be needed annually across both public and private sources

Public finance actors increase provision of climate finance and allocate 50% of climate funds to adaptation and resilience

Global property and casualty insurance sector has an industry capabilities framework, actively supports project implementation, and institutionalizes a longer-term industry approach to climate adaptation

Multilateral Development Banks and Development Partners support scaling-up private finance by providing dedicated resources to support credit enhancement and de-risking of adaptation investments