\label{evaluation-criteria}Based on a comprehensive review of existing evaluation criteria for development projects (OECD 1991, 2000) and climate adaptation related reports (Adger et al 2002, UNDP 2007, IDS 2008, GIZ 2010, UKCIP 2011, Brooks et al 2011), the most widely used criteria for the evaluation of adaptation projects are relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability, equity, and flexibility. In addition to the aforementioned evaluation criteria that have been widely used in the literature we also proposed the criterion of implementation to capture the evaluation of climate change adaptation implementation progress.