The State of Adaptation in Africa (SoAR) Report 2025 is a flagship assessment of Africa’s adaptation progress, challenges, and opportunities by the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI), and coordinated by the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN).
SoAR 2025 adopts a solutions-oriented approach, exploring how Africa can leverage emerging opportunities, including the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), innovative financing mechanisms, and technological advancements such as artificial intelligence, to accelerate climate adaptation. Central to the report is a multi-stakeholder, Southern-led perspective, ensuring African realities and priorities are well reflected.
The report is structured around the GGA thematic sectors, which cover water resources, agriculture and food security, health, ecosystems and biodiversity, infrastructure and human settlements, poverty and livelihoods, and cultural heritage. It also includes a dedicated chapter on strategic opportunities and challenges.
SoAR 2025 is designed to serve as a reference document for policymakers, development partners, researchers, and practitioners. It provides evidence-based insights on adaptation implementation, tracks policy alignment with continental and global agendas, and showcases best practices and innovations in resilience building. Ultimately, the report aims to strengthen the knowledge base for adaptation finance, planning, and governance, while supporting African countries in fulfilling their commitments under the Paris Agreement, Agenda 2063, and related frameworks.
As part of the report’s development process, the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) convened a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa, 3–4 September 2025, during the Africa Climate Week. The workshop brought together key stakeholders to reflect on Africa’s adaptation progress, validate the thematic framing and chapter directions of SoAR 2025, and co-develop pathways to strengthen the report’s relevance, legitimacy, and policy impact. The outcomes of this workshop will directly inform the finalization of SoAR 2025, ensuring it remains credible, inclusive, and impactful ahead of its official launch.
