The processes and outputs of national adaptation monitoring and evaluation systems could, indirectly, contribute to the assessment of collective progress towards the global goal on adaptation, should Parties allow the use of country-specific information to that puipose. The extent to which this can be done is uncertain and varies according to which of the stated objectives of the global stocktake on adaptation is considered. Monitoring and evaluation of adaptation aims to improve the effectiveness of adaptation action by evaluating its outcomes and continuously learning from them.