The World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) has made significant strides in bridging the science-policy gap for climate adaptation over the past six years. This progress report highlights key achievements, including the establishment of four Working Groups focused on adaptation effectiveness, loss and damage, the global goal on adaptation, and adaptation finance. WASP has published eight Science-for-Adaptation Policy Briefs and co-produced the annual Adaptation Gap Report, which assesses global progress on adaptation. The programme's efforts have been instrumental in supporting vulnerable developing countries with policy-relevant science and fostering international collaboration for effective climate adaptation.

Loss and damage are increasingly mentioned in National Adaptation Plans and National Determined Contributions, but these documents say little about options to address loss and damage and largely miss non-economic loss and damage. How to avert, minimize and address loss and damage is still in question. This issue of the WASP policy brief discusses the foundation on multiple dimensions of the loss and damage, which is induced by inadequate action on climate change. 

The Science for Adaptation Policy Brief Series targets researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to help them bridge the science-policy-action interface. This WASP brief looks at the Advancing Effectiveness for Climate Adaptation. 

This WASP brief looks at the Global Goal on Adaptation. The Science for Adaptation Policy Brief Series targets researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to help them bridge the science-policy-action interface.

The seventh edition of the WASP supported Adaptation Gap Report: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk finds that the world must urgently increase efforts to adapt to mounting impacts of climate change. 

This WASP brief looks at the risk of cascading climate change shocks and stressors. The Science for Adaptation Policy Brief Series targets researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to help them bridge the science-policy-action interface.

This WASP brief looks at early warning systems for adaptation. The Science for Adaptation Policy Brief Series targets researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to help them bridge the science-policy-action interface.

The sixth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report: The Gathering Storm finds that the growth in climate impacts is far outpacing our efforts to adapt to them.

Adaptation to climate change must be ramped up urgently. We propose three avenues to transform ambition to action: improve tracking of actions and progress, upscale investment especially in critical areas, and accelerate learning through practice.