Key Challenges and Priorities for Actions

This chapter sets out the challenges with regard to integrating adaptation into development at the local level and then outlines priority actions for national governments in supporting local adaptation. These priority actions include: (i) collect and provide information for climate change adaptation (ii) provide human, financial, technical resources and services to support local adaptation (iii) provide social protection and (iv) ensure a supportive policy and institutional framework. The chapter also identifies priority actions for donors. These include: (i) review sectoral priorities in light of climate change (ii) explore different options for channelling funds and engage stakeholders in building local adaptive capacity (iii) support decentralisation processes that transfer authority to elected local governments (iv) enhance local government capacity to take up the responsibilities afforded by decentralisation.