Evidence lost in transition: Climate-information continuity failures in South Korea’s local adaptation planning and implementation

Across local governments, evidence based adaptation has institutionalized vulnerability and risk assessments in planning, yet structural constraints persist and an additional gap emerges at implementation. Nationally mandated vulnerability and risk assessment tools used in LCCAMs function as a national climate service that delivers standardized climate risk information for local adaptation decision making. This article contributes to climate services and adaptation governance by interpreting the