COP30 Measures of Climate Adaptation Progress Should Center Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Wharf in the new Walande site on mainland Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 Cyril Eberle for Human Rights Watch As coastal communities around the world are already facing the sobering consequences of sea level rise, government negotiators at the just-completed United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, debated a critical question: how do we measure “successful” climate adaptation?There is no easy answer, as negotiations on how to measure progress toward a global goal on how to help communities adapt showed. But having indicators to measure adaptation matters…

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