New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Adaptation will be a central issue at the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil's Belem, with parties expected to agree on adaptation indicators and work to close the adaptation finance gap, UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell said on Tuesday. "The road map to mobilise $1.3 trillion in climate finance will clearly be key at COP30. Let us be very clear: climate finance is not charity. It is vital for protecting every population and economy, and the global supply chains that every nation depends on for low-inflationary growth, and food and energy security," Stiell said as he released a progress report on the national adaptation plan (NAP). "On adaptation issues, but also more broadly, COP30 will be a key test of global solidarity," Stiell said. He added that it must show nations are fully on board for climate cooperation and spur faster and wider implementation, leaving no one behind, and connect climate action to real lives everywhere to spread the vast benefits. As of 30 September, 144 countries had initiated and launched the NAP process. As many as 67 developing countries, including 23 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and 14 Small Island Developing States (SIDS), had submitted their NAPs to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the report said. Since its inception, the NAP process has advanced, with countries laying the institutional, analytical, and informational foundations to strengthen resilience and integrate climate change adaptation into national and sectoral development planning. In preparing their NAPs, most countries have undertaken comprehensive vulnerability and risk assessments at the national and sectoral level....