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At the local level risk and vulnerability assessments are still needed

An important characteristic related to risk and vulnerability assessments is the level at which these are conducted. Among the responding countries, the majority of them (26) refer to the national and sub-national assessments (17). As adaptation requirements vary from locality to locality due to the specific contexts, the information provided by the national risk or vulnerability assessments is sometimes not appropriate for adaptation planning (Füssel and Hilden 2014, In press). Hence, adaptation measures will have to be identified through local level assessments, supplementing or in some cases even replacing the more general measures recommended at the regional and national level.