For example, some of the common challenges identified by an evaluation of SIDA's Climate Change Initiative (Cesar et al., In particular, monitoring relevant data or developing data of sufficient quality, such as long and continuous time series at an appropriate level of disaggregation, remains a challenge for many countries. For instance, when conducting an audit of the Brazilian government’s response to adaptation in 2010, auditors found that climate risks in the agricultural sector, coastal zones and relating to water security could not be properly assessed and managed.