In Australia, adaptation to SLR remains uneven across jurisdictions in the absence of clear federal or state guidance, rendering Australia unprepared for flooding from SLR . Risk-averse coastal governance at the local level has led to shifts in liabilities to other actors and to future generations . Managed retreat has emerged as an adaptation option in New Zealand , where protective measures are transitional  and where managed retreat has arisen from collaborative governance . Remaining adaptation barriers are social or cultural  and institutional   .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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