and adaptation strategies, coordinating and developing effective local responses, enabling community engagement and more effective policies around exposure and vulnerability reduction . Local authorities are well-positioned to involve the wider community in designing and implementing climate policies and adaptation implementation . Local governments also help deliver basic services and protect their integrity from climate impacts . However, the resource limitations of local governments as well as their small geographic sphere of influence suggests the need for more funding for this from higher levels of government, particularly national governments, to address adaptation gaps  . Local adaptation implementation gaps can be linked to limited political commitment at higher levels of government and weak cooperation between key stakeholders . Incongruities and conflicts can exist between adaptation agendas pursued by national governments and the spontaneous adaptation practices of communities. There may be grounds for re-evaluating current consultative processes integral to policy development, if narrow technical approaches emerge as the norm for adaptation .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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