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An adaptation committee to provide guidance, expertise and assistance to developing country Parties in the identification and prioritization of adaptation actions and in matching those actions with financial and technological support provided by developed countries. The committee shall comprise the following:

(a) [A Facilitative Branch responsible for assessing ongoing work and promoting understanding of the scientific and methodological basis of adaptation. The Branch shall interact with Parties, agencies and international institutions engaged in adaptation; analyse existing work and identify best practices; identify gaps and enhance action to respond to those gaps; and monitor compliance by Parties of their commitments to support adaptation;]

(b) A Technical Advisory Branch for advising on technical matters arising from the work of the adaptation committee and supporting the International Mechanism referred to in section D above;

(c) [A Clearing House and Information Dissemination Branch responsible for disseminating information generated by the Facilitative and Technical Advisory branches to users at the national level.]

A Subsidiary Body for Adaptation, the function of which is to enhance urgent action on adaptation, focusing on the provision of financial resources and technical support to enable and support adaptation actions in developing countries. The Subsidiary Body shall, inter alia, provide technical advice; enhance technology development and transfer; and plan, organize, coordinate, monitor and evaluate international actions on adaptation to climate change, including on the means of implementation.

An expert [group][body] on adaptation under the [Subsidiary Body for Adaptation] [adaptation committee] to:
(a) Enhance the implementation of adaptation action by monitoring adaptation needs of developing countries, including needs for finance, technology and capacity-building; overseeing the creation of the necessary funds and insurance mechanisms; and ensuring the effectiveness of funds allocated to adaptation;
(b) Develop guidance for formulating national adaptation strategies, and provide relevant support for particularly vulnerable developing countries.

An adaptation advisory panel evolving from the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to develop guidance for formulating national adaptation strategies, and provide support for particularly vulnerable developing countries in elaborating these strategies.

A [facilitative] mechanism under the Convention to:
Option 5.1
Design and implement a new work programme on adaptation;
Option 5.2
Enhance and support the implementation of adaptation action by monitoring the level of adaptation of developing countries; assessing capacity-building; overseeing the creation of the necessary funds and insurance mechanisms; and ensuring the effectiveness of funds allocated to adaptation;
Option 5.3
Enable and support the creation of partnerships among Parties or companies and research institutions of developed and developing countries for developing and transferring technologies for adaptation and implementing adaptation activities;

A Financial and Technology Mechanism on Adaptation to ensure the implementation of commitments for the provision of financial resources and to address all aspects of cooperation on technology research, development, diffusion, and transfer. An Executive Body on Finance and Technology for Adaptation (EBFTA) shall be established under the mechanism to govern an Adaptation Fund, also to be created under the Convention. The EBFTA shall be supported by four technical panels on:
(a) Research and development;
(b) Capacity-building;
(c) Transfer of technologies for adaptation;
(d) Observation systems and information management.

An Executive Board to supervise the International Mechanism referred to in section D above. The Board shall be supported by a technical advisory group established under the Technical Advisory Branch of the Adaptation Committee. The group shall provide advice and guidance on existing and innovative approaches to risk management, risk transfer and risk sharing, including insurance, and recommend appropriate financial compensation payments to the Board once identified and verified climate risk factor thresholds have been exceeded.