Download A Climate Maladaptation Assessment Tool for Aotearoa New Zealand

The objectives were to create an assessment methodology to identify maladaptation in adaptation strategies and develop a decision-making, education and communication tool for diverse communities to understand and evaluate how effective specific adaptation projects will be. This initial attempt at tackling a complex problem included three case studies and unearthed some significant gaps in the current state of knowledge and practice.

Keywords: climate adaptation; maladaptation; climate resilience; community adaptation;