576 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications Having suggested a framework for city mayors to integrate ICTs in their climate change adaptations plans and help to build their cities' resilience, this section provides a checklist that can support the assessment of their ICT‐enabled adaptation plans. This checklist can help mayors and municipal authorities to evaluate whether climate change adaptation actions were successful and if ICTs met their role of enablers in the process. The proposed smart sustainable cities' adaptation checklist (Table 5) aims at providing practical guidance to city planners for assessing the integration of ICTs into their adaptation strategies. It can help city planners to evaluate the degree of inclusion of ICT tools and services in the strategic adaptive response, and assist them in improving adaptation strategies. Table 5 – Proposed smart sustainable cities' climate change adaptation checklist Key areas for the integration of ICTs into adaptation plans Description (a) Climate change adaptation planning Integration of ICTs in cities' climate change adaptation planning based on benchmarking studies, or concrete examples already implemented in the city. (e.g., number of/ concrete examples of ICT applications or related services used for observation and understanding, climate risk and vulnerability assessment, planning of adaptation options, implementation of adaptation options, monitoring and evaluation of adaptation options). (b) Institutional coordination Participation of multiple actors that understand the enabling effect of ICTs in climate adaptation policies. Use of ICTs in the coordination of climate risk management among relevant institutions and SSC stakeholders (e.g., concrete examples of ICTs usage to enable communication between key players involved in adaptation actions). (c) Institutional knowledge and capacity Use of ICTs to enhance the level of knowledge and training of key personnel in climate change issues and mainstreaming processes (e.g., number of ICTs used to facilitate access to climate change information by city planners and experts; number of online training courses/resources used for institutional capacity building on climate change adaptation) (d) Informed decision‐making Use of ICTs to inform institutional decision‐making and to reduce climatic uncertainty (e.g., examples of ICT applications used to strengthen decision‐making processes and to improve climate change forecasts)