AR5: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (PART A) - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Climate-Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Sustainable Development

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20.3.2. Adaptation

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Indeed, adaptation pathways can foster food and water security, human health, and air and water quality and natural resource management, while promoting gender equality and other desirable outcomes consistent with sustainable development goals. However, creating the conditions for the emergence of such outcomes will require better integration in the implementation of policies and programs at all scales. By selecting materials not harmful to the environment, promoting the conservation of energy, water, and other resources, promoting reuse and recycling, minimizing waste generation, protecting habitat, and addressing needs of marginalized groups, adaptation can contribute to win-win and triple-win options that can support a diverse array of development goals (Bizikova et al., 2007; Seto et al., 2010;see also Sections 15.3.1, 20.3.3 and UNFCCC, 2011).