There are barriers for municipal adaptation plans to deliver effective adaptation outcomes and implemented actions often diverge from plans . For example, a comparison of adaptation plans and budget expenditures of six metropolitan cities in South Korea between 2012 and 2016 showed that the implementation of adaptation programmes diverged substantially from the original plans, both in terms of total and sector-specific spending . Often, a focus on institutional change and reform limits attention to more practical aspects of adaptation that improve communities' resilience . Adaptation actions, even where financed effectively, do not always deliver positive outcomes   .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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