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So far there are several examples illustrating the collaboration between scientists and other actors in jointly developing adaptation policies and defining risk and vulnerabilities through assessments (e.g. Mitter et al., 2014). Nevertheless, there is still a range of factors that may restrict co-production of adaptation knowledge (Edelenbos et al., 2011) and hence its integration into policies. These include, but are not restricted to, the diverse backgrounds and interests of the actors involved in the production of scientific-technical information relevant to climate change adaptation (hereafter called 'knowledge generation') and the utilisation of such information to inform policy decisions (hereafter called 'knowledge use'), the nature of scientific information and other constraints (e.g. cognitive, institutional or legal) (Clar et al., 2013; Moss et al., 2013; Füssel and Hilden, 2014, In press)¹. This suggests that knowledge generation alone may not adequately support implementation of adaptation and thus its influence on adaptation action needs to be assessed cautiously (see Key Topic 1).