Climate Change Adaptation Measures Toolbox
This page provides a comprehensive and easy to use toolbox of possible adaptation measures. Please select one or more of the group filters below to obtain detailed information on the measures of interest.
Please find more information in the ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change.
Capacity building
Capacity building and strengthening among institutions on local, regional and transboundary levels
Capacity building in institutions responsible for forest management to reinforce training, knowledge and adoption of new technologies that facilitate adaptation
Educating rangers
Capacity building: raising preparedness of the organisations responsible for flood mitigation
Carrying out drought risk mapping and development of drought risk vulnerability profiles
Identification of methodologies for drought thresholds and drought mapping
Development of drought status indicators based on indicators for meteorological, agricultural and hydrological droughts and guidelines for indicator thresholds setting for different drought status in specific water distribution systems
Identification of the most drought-prone zones at a micro-level in order to develop more specific adaptation measures
Change management methods
Avoidance of a distinct expansion of arable farming in traditional grassland farming areas due to ecological and aesthetic reasons
Introduction of new sustainable resource management systems
Introduction of new land management techniques