Adaptation to climate change has rapidly grown in importance in climate negotiations and will probably be one of the achievable points of agreement in Copenhagen in December. But progressing from an agreement on adaptation to genuine implementation will take a long time and will require dealing with new theoretical issues, from which a new conception of international cooperation shall inevitably arise.
While climate negotiations are ongoing in Copenhagen (COP15, 7-18 December 2009), Benjamin Garnaud describes the position of adaptation within the discussions. He sets current discussions in their true context, then explain the various objects negotiated within the pillar of adaptation. He then presents the positions and negotiating strategies of the various protagonists, before summarizing what can be expected from Copenhagen.