After a week of late-night huddles and theatrical walkouts, the Nairobi Adaptation Dialogue produced a 38-page framework that many called a breakthrough and some called a bandage.
The agreement commits signatories to disclose climate-adaptation finance flows, gives low-income nations a standing voice on the new Resilience Board, and establishes a technical pipeline for early-warning systems covering 160 million additional people by 2030.
Who pays?
The omission, as ever, is hard cash. The text notes ambitions of "at least 40 billion dollars annually by 2027" but does not specify sources, mechanisms, or enforcement. Donor nations say the number is politically realistic. Recipients say it is mathematically insufficient.
For now, the ink is dry. The invoices are not.