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Climate change and climate variability have become a real threat in Costa Rica, causing damages and economic losses almost every year. There is an opportunity to reduce the vulnerability and the exposure of people, urban services, and infrastructure with better planning at the local level (municipalities and regions). Land use planning is a key measure for managing future climate risks while obtaining environmental, social, and economic benefits. This chapter explores adaptation mainstreaming entry points into local planning and identifies Costa Rican current local governance opportunities to mainstream climate change adaptation into local planning. The chapter has been developed as a part of an ongoing project in Costa Rica (Plan A: Resilient Territories 2019–2022) implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, with funding from the Green Climate Fund.
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Pérez de Madrid Utrilla, M. (2021). Integrating Climate Change into Land Use and Urban Planning. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_121-1
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