Principles for Best Adaptation Practice According to Adaptation Gap Report 2022

• Genuine inclusion of stakeholders, local communities, women and marginalized groups (e.g.indigenous peoples) into decision-making and co-development of adaptation planning and implementation to reflect differing values, perspectives, and interests and produce equitable, fair, and just adaptation outcomes
• Transparency, accountability, and predictability of support and integration of adaptation into national development priorities, strategies, and the SDGs
  Flexible programming and adaptative management of implementation to consider feedback and learnings and to enhance efficiencies
• Investment in local capabilities, capacity building, and democratic governance structures in support of climate risk management and empowerment for long-term sustainability
• Consideration of future risks including climate trajectories and uncertainties to minimize unintended consequences and maladaptation, while enhancing adaptation ambition
• Integration of local, traditional, indigenous, and scientific knowledge into design, implementation and monitoring, and evaluation to enhance buy-in and ownership
• Tackling inequalities and structural drivers of vulnerability in addition to reducing exposure and/or vulnerabilities to climate hazards to embark on climate-resilient development pathways