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Are the options clear enough to define activities?
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Are the options clear enough to define activities?

The next question to consider is whether the options are clear enough to define activities for involved actors.
A number of authors (Burton, 2002; Preston and Stafford-Smith, 2009) refer to the 'adaptation bottleneck' which happens when decision-makers have reached a high level of awareness of climate change in the general sense, and understand the case for adaptation but this understanding has not yet been translated into strategy and operations. If options are are not clear enough to define activities then several planning tools may be applied to clarify and. define key activities.

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This section is based on the UNEP PROVIA guidance document

Criteria checklist

1. You want to implement adaptation actions.
2. There is support and agreement about the purpose of the option.
3. Shared principles underlying the work have been explored.
4. As a next step you are faced with the question whether the options are clear enough to define activities.