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Identifying private measures


Generic methods for identifying measures include brainstorming, consultation exercises, focus groups, checklists, screening, free-form gaming, and policy exercises.
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Private actors act in their private interest and thus the identification of measures is a more narrowly defined task. For individual private actors, as these actors are generally aware of their own capacity and interests, and considering conflicting interests is not relevant. Measure identification consists in finding relevant measures through means such as personal experience or internet searches and need not be addressed through methodological guidance. For collective private actors, such as community-based organisations or private companies, an additional, but limited range of approaches should be considered. For example, an organisation may need make itself aware of the capacity and awareness of its members, and may therefore appropriately apply capacity self-assessment methods in order to identify adaptation measures (see Toolbox section on Capacity analysis). Generic methods for identifying measures include brainstorming, consultation exercises, focus groups, checklists, screening, free-form gaming, and policy exercises (Carter and Mäkinen, 2011).


CLIMATE-ADAPT resources

Check out the European Climate Adaptation Platform (CLIMATE-ADAPT) for information on adaptation options.



This section is based on the UNEP PROVIA guidance document


Criteria checklist

1. You want to identify adaptation measures.
2. Your focus is on private actors.