Co-benefits of Combining Adaptation and Mitigation Frameworks: A Cross-Cutting Approach

The case studies show that adaptation can accomplish much more than simply mitigating and preventing future disasters. It also presents major opportunities to achieve a larger multipurpose agenda and put countries featured in the case studies on a new green, low-carbon and resilient path to climate change, adaptation and green growth. Adaptation, mitigation and climate-friendly urban development hand in hand can create powerful synergies that meet global Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement Goals, Green New Deal Goals and goals of post-COVID-19 recovery. This chapter deals with an integration platform which is needed to address this large and critical step to achieve sustainability, climate safety and resiliency. A particular emphasis is put on climate change and development: The evolution of an intersecting policy domain, which incorporates adaptation and mitigation solutions.