appropriate climate adaptation responses may therefore also vary within an individual country nonparty stakeholders such as subnational governments will often have the mandate to develop and implement actions such as flood protection measures which can enhance an area s climate resilience indeed some nonparty stakeholders have developed good practice guidance for adaptation in certain types of cities eg c has highlighted a step approach to adaptation in delta cities c this has been started in some countries eg nepal which has established local adaptation plans of action in order to help vulnerable communities decide on their priority adaptation actions ids nd states and municipalities in mexico have also developed adaptation plans gom