Specific governance-related barriers for effective adaptation include: lack of coordination between government departments and sectors and limited policy integration , lack of ownership of adaptation implementation in cases where communities or national governments have not been part of the adaptation decision process , and difficulties in integrating IKLK in adaptation initiatives. Specific barriers to effective sustained adaptation in the Pacific include variable climate change awareness among decision makers, and the preference for short-term responses rather than longer-term transformative ones . These barriers also stem from donors' preferencing their own priorities that do not necessarily fit the country priorities or context , which has led to increasing calls for effective community/cultural engagement in adaptation, especially through CBA and EbA . In cases where recovery efforts are framed as purely a matter of infrastructure other important aspects, such as livelihoods and gender, are more easily overlooked in adaptation .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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