Common use of Adaptation Clause in Contracts

Adaptation. 1. Parties hereby [establish][share] the [global goal][long-term vision] of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, [in accordance with the objective, principles and provisions of the Convention, including common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities,] with a view to [[enabling][contributing to] [climate-resilient] sustainable development] [and] ensuring adaptation in the context of the goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature [below 2 °C][below [2 or] 1.5 °C] referred to in Article 2]. Parties recognize that adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with local, subnational, national, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of and contribution to the long-term global response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems[, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of those developing countries that are particularly vulnerable]. 2. Option 1: [Parties recognize that adaptation [will][may] be needed regardless of the level of mitigation reached [and that [greater aggregate levels of mitigation can reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts][the greater their collective mitigation efforts, the less adaptation is needed [in the long term]][less adaptation will be needed if[, inter alia,] their collective mitigation efforts are greater]].]

Adaptation. 1. Parties hereby [establish][share] the [global goal][long-term vision] of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, [in accordance with the objective, principles and provisions of the Convention, including common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities,] with a view to [[enabling][contributing to] [climate-resilient] sustainable development] [and] ensuring adaptation in the context of the goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature [below 2 °C][below [2 or] 1.5 °C] referred to in Article 2]. Parties recognize that adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with local, subnational, national, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of and contribution to the long-term global response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems[, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of those developing countries that are particularly vulnerable]. 2. Option Option 1: [Parties recognize that adaptation [will][may] be needed regardless of the level of mitigation reached [and that [greater aggregate levels of mitigation can reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts][the greater their collective mitigation efforts, the less adaptation is needed [in the long term]][less adaptation will be needed if[, inter alia,] their collective mitigation efforts are greater]].]