Editing IPCC:AR6/SR15/TS (section)

=== Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Development ===

'''Prioritization of sustainable development and meeting the SDGs is consistent with efforts to adapt to climate change (''high confidence'').''' Many strategies for sustainable development enable transformational adaptation for a 1.5°C warmer world, provided attention is paid to reducing poverty in all its forms and to promoting equity and participation in decision-making (''medium evidence, high agreement''). As such, sustainable development has the potential to significantly reduce systemic vulnerability, enhance adaptive capacity, and promote livelihood security for poor and disadvantaged populations (''high confidence''). {5.3.1}

'''Synergies between adaptation strategies and the SDGs are expected to hold true in a 1.5°C warmer world, across sectors and contexts (''medium evidence, medium agreement'').''' Synergies between adaptation and sustainable development are significant for agriculture and health, advancing SDGs 1 (extreme poverty), 2 (hunger), 3 (healthy lives and well-being) and 6 (clean water) (''robust evidence, medium agreement''). {5.3.2} Ecosystem- and community-based adaptation, along with the incorporation of indigenous and local knowledge, advances synergies with SDGs 5 (gender equality), 10 (reducing inequalities) and 16 (inclusive societies), as exemplified in drylands and the Arctic (''high evidence, medium agreement''). {5.3.2, Box 5.1, Cross-Chapter Box 10 in Chapter 4}

'''Adaptation strategies can result in trade-offs with and among the SDGs (''medium evidence, high agreement'').''' Strategies that advance one SDG may create negative consequences for other SDGs, for instance SDGs 3 (health) versus 7 (energy consumption) and agricultural adaptation and SDG 2 (food security) versus SDGs 3 (health), 5 (gender equality), 6 (clean water), 10 (reducing inequalities), 14 (life below water) and 15 (life on the land) (''medium evidence, medium agreement''). {5.3.2}

'''Pursuing place-specific adaptation pathways towards a 1.5°C warmer world has the potential for significant positive outcomes for well-being in countries at all levels of development (''medium evidence, high agreement'').''' Positive outcomes emerge when adaptation pathways (i) ensure a diversity of adaptation options based on people’s values and the trade-offs they consider acceptable, (ii) maximize synergies with sustainable development through inclusive, participatory and deliberative processes, and (iii) facilitate equitable transformation. Yet such pathways would be difficult to achieve without redistributive measures to overcome path dependencies, uneven power structures, and entrenched social inequalities (''medium evidence, high agreement''). {5.3.3}