Information paper on linkages between adaptation and mitigation

This paper elaborates on the adaptation and mitigation linkages, and on their interrelationship with sustainable development. Its purpose is to increase understanding of how the UNFCCC has served as a link, including associated synergies and trade-offs.

This publication finds: 

• Ecosystems, agriculture, energy and infrastructure are the key sectors where adaptation actions can have positive effects on mitigation;
• Parties reported that current efforts on disaster risk reduction can offer co-benefits for adaptation, and also highlighted the socioeconomic benefits of mitigation projects, such as the creation of green jobs;
• Focusing too much on mitigation projects providing adaptation co-benefits and vice versa would not necessarily lead to an optimal mix of adaptation and mitigation interventions.