4. Mainstreaming

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As noted earlier, mainstreaming requires

actions intended to result in the reflection of all

dimensions of adaptation to climate variability and

change in development policies, plans, strategies,

regulations, and practices—potentially from local,

regional, and state through to national (and even

international) levels. The intention is to create an

enabling environment that will encourage and

promote, in a routine and sustained manner, both

the capacity to adapt and the incorporation of

specific adaptation measures into evolving patterns

of socioeconomic development and change.</p>

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