A number of factors could,
nevertheless, potentially delay or pose challenges to
adaptation action. Firstly, as ports involve multiple
players in the decision-making process, it may be
difficult to proceed effectively with adaptation plans
and strategies.80 Secondly, factors such as a high
perception of uncertainty, limited information about
the cost-effectiveness of adaption options and about
the cost of inaction, the need for realistic predictions of
impacts and for science-based policy formulation that
take into consideration the specifics of the region
and resource intensiveness and costs could all, either
individually or in combination, hamper adaptation
action in ports