Inga Kononovich spoke about development of adaptation track under the UNFCCC and the COP30 outcomes
Inga spoke in the panel discussion “Adaptation to Climate Change: From Plans to Action”, where she addressed developments of adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, tracing the institutionalisation of the global goal on adaptation (GGA) — from its enshrining in 2015 to the subsequent efforts to give it concrete institutional content.
Special attention was paid to the outcomes of COP30 in Belém: Parties adopted 59 indicators to measure collective progress towards achieving the GGA and agreed on a two-year programme to develop guidance on their practical application (the Belém–Addis vision on adaptation).
Inga stressed that the forthcoming “testing” of the adaptation indicators will provide an important basis for national adaptation strategies and plans, including for assessing the effectiveness of measures already in place. Over the next two years, States and international organisations will collect data, identify gaps, and refine methodologies for aggregating information. Within the framework of the GGA, particular emphasis was placed on adaptation finance; as a result, the goal of tripling adaptation finance by 2035 was reflected in the Mutirão decision adopted at COP30.
The presentation drew on the findings made by the ICLRC team following the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. More detailed analysis of the course and outcomes of the climate negotiations in Belém is available in the ICLRC material “Negotiations through the Eyes of Experts: COP30”.
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Professional interests: Education Professional experience In the same year, she joined the Youth Expert Group and contributed to the BRICS Youth Energy Outlook 2025 as an expert on energy transition financing and access to critically important minerals for the energy transition. On 19 November 2025, presented the group’s report at a side event hosted by the Northern Forum, an international organisation of northern regions, at COP30 in Brazil. Prior to joining the ICLRC, she was responsible for monitoring and managing assets of mutual investment funds: at Tinkoff Capital LLC (2022–2023) and at Rosbank PJSC (2019–2021). Inga coordinates the analysis and preparation of projects in the direction of green economy, climate regulation, and implementation of ESG principles. She participates in various Center's events.
In 2024, she defended her Ph.D. thesis on “The Formation of the Green Economy in Emerging Markets”.