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Countries that started to develop adaptation policy early have generally advanced most towards implementing adaptation

Up to date, 20 European countries (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK) have already developed a national adaptation strategy (NAS) and more are in the process of developing their policy. In comparison with 2008, where eight European countries (i.e. Finland in 2004, France and Spain in 2006, Denmark, Hungary, The Netherlands, UK and Germany in 2008) had their strategy in place (Swart et al., 2009), a considerable progress can be noted in developing policies for adaptation.