As climate change impacts intensify, adaptation has become an economic imperative. Without it, up to 23% of global GDP could be lost by 2050, while investing in adaptation could boost global GDP by as much as 15% compared with a no-adaptation scenario.
REN21’s latest brief, Renewables for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, shows how renewable energy underpins adaptation by enabling decentralised, diversified systems that keep water, health, food, communications and transport services running before, during and after climate shocks without relying on global fuel supply chains.
Read the brief to explore how countries are advancing renewables for adaptation—and what COP30 must deliver.
Policy momentum is growing: 83 of 113 countries (almost 75%) with a NAP or Third NDC reference renewables for adaptation, with developing countries leading the way. Yet, renewables remain largely absent from global tracking frameworks, including the draft Global Goal on Adaptation indicators to be negotiated on at COP30.
Our latest brief maps where renewables are embedded in NAPs/NDCs, highlights sector solutions, and outlines actions to align adaptation strategies, renewable energy policies and finance.
