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Adaptation implementation is most advanced in environment-related sectors

Adaptation to climate change is defined as an ’adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic changes or their effects’ (IPCC 2001; 2007; 2014). Nevertheless, as the profile of climate change has mainly risen from an environmental perspective, also research and policy relevant questions connected to adaptation have tended to give more weight to environment-related sectors. Horizontal coordination which goes beyond the environmental with other ministries is required in order to address adaptation effectively as a multi-sectoral issue (see Key Topic 4).