1 Maladaptation can result from many potential barriers, including administrative, human, financial and technical resource constraints ; lack of transparency and/or capacity in governance ; unreliable information on climate impacts and the lack of key policy guidelines ; entrenched institutional, legal and technical obstacles  and low literacy, including environmental and scientific literacy ; exclusion of vulnerable groups ; governance fragmentation ; and limited cross-sectoral collaboration, meaning that there is limited coordination and that top-down planning approaches are not connected to local dynamics . This report draws attention to maladaptation challenges recognising that not all adaptation-related responses reduce risks . Besides, maladaptation is the opposite of successful adaptation, which is associated with reduction of climate risks and vulnerabilities for humans and ecosystems, increased well-being and co-benefits with other sustainable development objectives. 
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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