this was in part due to the lack of monitoring of some variables crucial for constructing robust projections and the lack of a centralised system to coordinate and store meteorological data intosai in oecd b countries may wish to start by conducting an inventory of adaptationrelated monitoring processes already in place to get an overview of existing data availability identify redundant collection processes then rationalise these activities to meet emerging needs bedi et al to efficiently meet adaptationrelated resource needs questions specific to climate change can be inserted into established data collection processes such as household surveys which are in many cases conducted every four to five years oecd b