Second, assessment of this literature suggests four attributes of the political economy of adaptation influence development trajectories in diverse settings, from Australia to Honduras and the Maldives , as delivered through the Global Environment Facility's Least Developed Countries Fund . These include enclosure ; exclusion ; encroachment ; and entrenchment . These attributes hamper adaptation efforts, and reveal the political nature of adaptation  and, by extension, CRD. Paradoxically, development initiatives labelled as 'risk' reduction or resilience building or 'equitable and environmentally sustainable', such as coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana, USA, can compound inequity and climate risk, and perpetuate unsustainable development .
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