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Are there conflicting interests of private actors?
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Are there conflicting interests of private actors?

For situations that involve several actors an important additional criterion to be considered is whether these actors have conflicting interests on goals, decisions to be taken and outcomes. The inability to agree upon these can become a significant barrier to selecting adaptation options (Moser and Ekstrom 2010). In such a case practice approaches may be applied that seek to build consensus amongst stakeholders.

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For situations that involve several actors, the analyst must consider whether these actors have conflicting interests on goals, decisions to be taken and outcomes. The inability to agree upon these can become a significant barrier to selecting adaptation options (Moser and Ekstrom 2010). In such cases, deliberative or participatory approaches may be applied that seek to build consensus amongst stakeholders.

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This section is based on the UNEP PROVIA guidance document

Criteria checklist

1. You want to appraise adaptation options.
2. The focus is on collective actions.
3. As a next step you are faced with the question whether there are conflicting interests of private actors.