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===== Innovation and technologies =====

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Systems transitions that address both adaptation and mitigation include the widespread adoption of new and possibly disruptive technologies and practices and enhanced climate-driven innovation ( [[#IPCC--2018a|IPCC 2018a]] ). See [[IPCC:Wg3:Chapter:Chapter-16|Chapter 16]] for an in-depth discussion of innovation and technology transfer. The literature points to trade-offs that developing countries face in investing limited resources in research and development, though finding synergies in relation to agriculture (Adenle et al. 2015). Other studies point to difference in technology transfers for adaptation and mitigation (Biagini et al. 2014). Adaptation projects tend to use existing technologies whereas mitigation climate actions are more likely to rely on novel technologies. Innovations for mitigation are typically technology transfers from developed to less-developed countries (Biagini et al. 2014), however this so-called North-South technology transfer pathway is not exclusive (Biagini et al. 2014), and is increasingly challenged by China’s global role in implementing mitigation actions ( [[#Chen--2018|Chen 2018]] ; [[#Urban--2018|Urban 2018]] ). Indigenous knowledge can be a unique source for techniques for adaptation ( [[#Nyong--2007|Nyong et al. 2007]] ) and may be favoured over externally generated knowledge ( [[#Tume--2019|Tume et al. 2019]] ).

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