While mitigation and adaptation are both critical to addressing the climate crisis, they are often viewed as conflicting priorities vying for scarce climate finance. Of the two, mitigation has historically received more attention and investment. Meanwhile, finance for adaptation has lagged dramatically, putting communities at increasing risk from storms, floods, fires and other climate threats.

But this divide between mitigation and adaptation actions doesn’t always reflect the reality on the ground. In fact, methods and technologies that both curb climate change and cope with its impacts already exist — and the two overlap more than is commonly thought.

With the world dangerously close to reaching temperatures that will bring even more severe impacts on people, ecosystems and economies than what we’ve seen so far, investing in solutions that can curb emissions and build resilience simultaneously is crucial.

WRI recently analyzed more than 300 adaptation investments and found that over half of them are also expected to reduce GHG emissions in the long run; for example, by adopting climate-smart farming practices, bringing trees and green spaces to cities, or introducing more resilient renewable energy sources.

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