identifying and using synergies between them. The underlying policy fields of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction … hindering coherent policies in practice. This report introduces the concept of Sustainable Adaptation Pathways (SAPs) that can … act as guidance when planning and implementing integrated policies that aim to foster sustainable adaptation measures …

It is well established that adaptation and technological investment in each case may serve as a commitment device in … global mitigation within a noncooperative framework where countries either decide on mitigation before or after adaptation … lower national contributions to the global public good of mitigation. We find that the sequencing of adaptation before …