IPAM — International Platform on Adaptation Metrics

Forging common metrics to monitor, evaluate, and foster adaptation to climate change

IPAM brings together researchers, public decision-makers, and organizations around a shared goal: to monitor, evaluate, and advance adaptation to climate change through common metrics.

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What is IPAM?

IPAM is a network, not a project: it brings together experts and institutions from around the world to build common adaptation metrics. Unlike isolated initiatives, IPAM pools methods and data so every climate actor speaks the same language.

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Individual experts: 202
Countries: 51
Member organizations: 16

What we do

How the network moves the field forward

Working Groups

Agriculture, water, cities, tools — four technical committees drive the IPAM methodology.

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UNFCCC Submissions

Official IPAM submissions to UNFCCC processes (GST, GGA).

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Webinars

A regular webinar series open to the whole climate community.

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Presence at COPs

Side events and statements at the Conferences of the Parties.

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Core focus

Adaptation metrics, at the heart of IPAM

The AMME framework (Adaptation Metrics Monitoring & Evaluation) structures how IPAM measures, compares, and advances adaptation to climate change.

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News & Events

Stay close to the network

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Webinar 19 March 2026

IPAM Webinar — Principles for Responsible AI Use in Climate Adaptation MERL

Guidance for adaptation professionals on using AI transparently, responsibly, and under human oversight — launch version presented July 2026.

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Meeting October 2026

48th meeting of the Tools, Techniques and Member Networking Committee
Network news July 2026

IPAM launches the Principles for Responsible AI Use in Climate Adaptation Metrics
Meeting January 2026

47th meeting of the TTMN Committee

News

Explore our impact and activities from the past year: policy paper, international conference, COP30 and the responsible-AI principles.

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Resources

Flagship resources, ready to cite

IPAM Annual Report 2025

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AMME Framework — Adaptation Metrics Monitoring & Evaluation

Core methodology View →

Accelerating Global Climate Resilience Through Robust Adaptation Metrics

COP30 policy paper View →

IPAM Newsletter — July 2026

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Our journey

From Marrakesh to a global standard-setter

Ten years of building the international network for common adaptation metrics — from a single conference to a standing platform shaping UNFCCC processes.

2016

COP22 in Marrakesh organizes the first international conference on adaptation metrics.
2017–2018

The next two international conferences on adaptation metrics are organized in Morocco.
2019

A dedicated workshop in Salé, Morocco, calls for the creation of an international network of adaptation metrics experts.
May 2020

IPAM is launched with 5 founding members, with AAA Initiative holding the secretariat.
March 2021

Launch of the four thematic committees: Agriculture, Cities, Techniques & Tools, and Water.
November 2021

Publication of the AMME Framework.
November 2021

COP26 UNFCCC side event “Adaptation Metrics: Challenges and Perspectives” hosted by IPAM in Glasgow.
July 2022

IPAM comments on the Global Stocktake to the Paris Agreement.
November 2022

IPAM focuses on food systems at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.
June 2023

IPAM takes part in the Global Stocktake Technical Dialogue TD 1.3.
September 2023

IPAM shifts from a thematic committee to a task group structure.
December 2023

IPAM presents 4 policy papers at COP28 in Dubai to support the Global Goal on Adaptation and the Global Stocktake.
January 2024

Launch of the African Agriculture Adaptation Tracking Tool, developed with the IPAM Agriculture Committee.
March 2024

IPAM submission to the UAE–Belém Work Programme.
July 2024

Second IPAM submission to the UAE–Belém Work Programme.
November 2024

IPAM side event at COP29 in Baku, focused on advancing the UAE–Belém Work Programme.
September 2025

IPAM International Conference in Bouknadel, Morocco, October 2025.
November 2025

IPAM presents its policy paper at COP30 in Belém.
December 2025

IPAM's statement on COP30 adaptation outcomes.
December 2025

“Conventional approaches to indicators and metrics undermine urban climate adaptation,” a publication in Springer Nature from the IPAM Cities thematic committee.
January 2026

47th meeting of the Tools, Techniques and Member Networking Committee.
July 2026

Launch version of the Principles for Responsible AI Use in Climate Adaptation Metrics, MERL.