There is no blueprint for how transformation is generated. An expanding literature suggests that transformation takes place through diverse modalities and context-dependent actions . Transformation may require actions that disrupt moral or social boundaries and structures that are perpetuating unsustainable systems and pathways  . Extreme events and long-term climatic changes can trigger a realigning of practices, politics and knowledge  . While some see opportunities for generating social and political conditions needed for CRD in such actions and events , this is not guaranteed. Climate shocks, when managed within socio-political systems in ways that safeguard rather than alter practices and structures, can also reinforce rather than shift the status quo  . Further, in the absence of equitable and inclusive decision making and planning, realignments resulting from disruptive actions and events can limit inclusiveness and lead to poor or coercive decision-making processes that undermine the equity and justice foundations of sustainable development  and lead to adverse socio-environmental outcomes that generate transformations away from CRD  .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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