A post-2015 climate agreement will require systematic approaches for tracking adaptation progress across Parties to the UNFCC. A number of steps need to be taken to improve adaptation measurement and reporting.
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Ford, J., Berrang-Ford, L., Biesbroek, R. et al. Adaptation tracking for a post-2015 climate agreement. Nature Clim Change 5, 967–969 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2744
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