Editing IPCC:AR6/WGII/SPM (section)

=== Avoiding Maladaptation ===

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'''C.4 There is increased evidence of maladaptation [[#footnote-003|15]] across many sectors and regions since the AR5. Maladaptive responses to climate change can create lock-ins of vulnerability, exposure and risks that are difficult and expensive to change and exacerbate existing inequalities. Maladaptation can be avoided by flexible, multi-sectoral, inclusive and long-term planning and implementation of adaptation actions with benefits to many sectors and systems. ( '''''high confidence''''' )   Expand Links to chapters 1.3, 1.4, 2.6, Box 2.2, 3.2, 3.6, 4.6, 4.7, Box 4.3, Box 4.5, Figure 4.29, 5.6, 5.13, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, Box 9.5, Box 9.8, Box 9.9, Box 11.6, 13.11, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.5, 15.5, 15.6, 16.3, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, CCP2.3, CCP5.4, CCB DEEP, CCB NATURAL, CCB SLR, CWGB BIOECONOMY'''
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'''C.4.1''' Actions that focus on sectors and risks in isolation and on short-term gains often lead to maladaptation if long-term impacts of the adaptation option and long-term adaptation commitment are not taken into account ( ''high confidence'' ). The implementation of these maladaptive actions can result in infrastructure and institutions that are inflexible and/or expensive to change ( ''high confidence'' ). For example, seawalls effectively reduce impacts to people and assets in the short-term but can also result in lock-ins and increase exposure to climate risks in the long-term unless they are integrated into a long-term adaptive plan ( ''high confidence'' ). Adaptation integrated with development reduces lock-ins and creates opportunities (e.g., infrastructure upgrading) ( ''medium confidence'' ). { 1.4, 3.4, 3.6, 10.4, 11.7, Box 11.6, 13.2, 17.2, 17.5, 17.6, CCP 2.3, CCB DEEP, CCB SLR }

'''C.4.2''' Biodiversity and ecosystem resilience to climate change are decreased by maladaptive actions, which also constrain ecosystem services. Examples of these maladaptive actions for ecosystems include fire suppression in naturally fire-adapted ecosystems or hard defences against flooding. These actions reduce space for natural processes and represent a severe form of maladaptation for the ecosystems they degrade, replace or fragment, thereby reducing their resilience to climate change and the ability to provide ecosystem services for adaptation. Considering biodiversity and autonomous adaptation in long-term planning processes reduces the risk of maladaptation. ( ''high confidence'' ) { 2.4, 2.6, Table 2.7, 3.4, 3.6, 4.7, 5.6, 5.13, Table 5.21, Table 5.23, Box 11.2, 13.2, Box 13.2, 17.2, 17.5, [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP5.4 CCP5.4] }

'''C.4.3''' Maladaptation especially affects marginalised and vulnerable groups adversely (e.g., Indigenous Peoples, ethnic minorities, low-income households, informal settlements), reinforcing and entrenching existing inequities. Adaptation planning and implementation that do not consider adverse outcomes for different groups can lead to maladaptation, increasing exposure to risks, marginalising people from certain socioeconomic or livelihood groups, and exacerbating inequity. Inclusive planning initiatives informed by cultural values, Indigenous knowledge, local knowledge, and scientific knowledge can help prevent maladaptation. ( ''high confidence'' ) (Figure SPM.4) { 2.6, 3.6, 4.3, 4.6, 4.8, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 6.1, Box 7.1, 8.4, 11.4, 12.5, Box 13.2, 14.4, Box 14.1, 17.2, 17.5, 18.2, 17.2, [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP2.4 CCP2.4] }

'''C.4.4''' To minimize maladaptation, multi-sectoral, multi-actor and inclusive planning with flexible pathways encourages low-regret [[#footnote-003|47]] and timely actions that keep options open, ensure benefits in multiple sectors and systems and indicate the available solution space for adapting to long-term climate change ( ''very high confidence'' ). Maladaptation is also minimized by planning that accounts for the time it takes to adapt ( ''high confidence'' ), the uncertainty about the rate and magnitude of climate risk ( ''medium confidence'' ) and a wide range of potentially adverse consequences of adaptation actions ( ''high confidence'' ). { 1.4, 3.6, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 11.6, 11.7, 17.3, 17.6, [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP2.3 CCP2.3] , [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP2.4 CCP2.4] , [https://www.ipcc.ch/chapter/spm#CCP5.4 CCP5.4] , CCB DEEP, CCB SLR }

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