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Further observations related to the importance of factors related to awareness of the need for adaptation and the reported stage in the adaptation process can be made based on the responses to the two related questions (see Figure 2.5):

• Those countries that reported a low willingness to develop policies or take adaptation action at the national level (Slovenia, Czech Republic and Liechtenstein) all reported that they were at the formulation stage of the adaptation process. It is also interesting to note that these same countries identified as triggers for adaptation extreme weather events and damage costs, and either EU policies (two of these three) or adaptation in neighboring countries.
• Of those 12 countries that reported high or very high willingness to develop policies and to take adaptation action at the national level, six of those reported that they were at the implementation stage and two of the four reporting that they were at the monitoring and evaluation stage in the adaptation policy process.