Editing IPCC:AR6/WGII/SPM (section)

=== Current Adaptation and its Benefits ===

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'''C.1 Progress in adaptation planning and implementation has been observed across all sectors and regions, generating multiple benefits ( '''''very high confidence''''' ). However, adaptation progress is unevenly distributed with observed adaptation gaps [[#footnote-010|40]] ( '''''high confidence''''' ). Many initiatives prioritize immediate and near-term climate risk reduction which reduces the opportunity for transformational adaptation ( '''''high confidence''''' ).   Expand Links to chapters 2.6, 5.14, 7.4, 10.4, 12.5, 13.11, 14.7, 16.3, 17.3, CCP5.2, CCP5.4'''
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'''C.1.1''' Adaptation planning and implementation have continued to increase across all regions ( ''very high confidence'' ). Growing public and political awareness of climate impacts and risks has resulted in at least 170 countries and many cities including adaptation in their climate policies and planning processes ( ''high confidence'' ). Decision support tools and climate services are increasingly being used ( ''very high confidence'' ). Pilot projects and local experiments are being implemented in different sectors ( ''high confidence'' ). Adaptation can generate multiple additional benefits such as improving agricultural productivity, innovation, health and well-being, food security, livelihood, and biodiversity conservation as well as reduction of risks and damages ( ''very high confidence'' ). { 1.4, 2.6, 3.5, 3.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.4, 5.6, 5.10, 6.4, 7.4, 8.5, 9.3, 9.6, 10.4, 12.5, 13.11, 15.5, 16.3, 17.2, 17.3, 17.5, [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP5.4 CCP5.4] , CCB ADAPT, CCB NATURAL }

'''C.1.2''' Despite progress, adaptation gaps exist between current levels of adaptation and levels needed to respond to impacts and reduce climate risks ( ''high confidence'' ). Most observed adaptation is fragmented, small in scale, incremental, sector-specific, designed to respond to current impacts or near-term risks, and focused more on planning rather than implementation ( ''high confidence'' ). Observed adaptation is unequally distributed across regions ''(high confidence)'' , and gaps are partially driven by widening disparities between the estimated costs of adaptation and documented finance allocated to adaptation ( ''high confidence'' ) ''.'' The largest adaptation gaps exist among lower income population groups ( ''high confidence'' ). At current rates of adaptation planning and implementation the adaptation gap will continue to grow ( ''high confidence'' ). As adaptation options often have long implementation times, long-term planning and accelerated implementation, particularly in the next decade, is important to close adaptation gaps, recognising that constraints remain for some regions ( ''high confidence'' ). { 1.1, 1.4, 5.6, 6.3, Figure 6.4, 7.4, 8.3, 10.4, 11.3, 11.7, 13.11, Box 13.1, 15.2, 15.5, 16.3, 16.5, Box 16.1, Figure 16.4, Figure 16.5, 17.4, 18.2, [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP2.4 CCP2.4] , [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP5.4 CCP5.4] , CCB FINANCE, CCB SLR }

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