Starting from a summary of key developments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
related to adaptation and technologies, the commentary provides an initial review of the available literature relevant to adaptation
in the context of technology development and transfer. It summarizes what technologies for adaptation are, how they relate to
development, and what their role is in adaptation. It subsequently highlights a number of policy and research issues that could be
important to inform future policy. The commentary has two key messages. First, it argues that informed policy decisions on
technology development and transfer to enhance adaptation require systematic assessments of the findings in the theoretical
and empirical literature. Second, in light of the potential for overlap between processes for adaptation and processes for technologies
for adaptation, there is a need for coordination and exchange of information between the work under the Cancun
Adaptation Framework and under the Technology Mechanism of the UNFCCC.