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.
Data handling
Digital mapping
Establishment of Information Systems (hydro-meteorological), GIS, low flow information services (e.g. development of a Hydrological Information System (HIS)) , cadastre of water resources with all characteristics, extreme meteorological and hydrological events and disasters
Establish a centralized database to monitor the direct socioeconomic impacts of extremes in a distinct region
Detailed assessment of vulnerability to climate change
Development and application of methods and models for the integrative assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture and economic parameters of adaptation options
Determination of the vulnerability of agricultural crops under climate change, long term droughts and water deficits in the major agro-climatic regions, respectively their impact on the quantity and quality of the yield
Examination of the need of drainage in the case of areas with marginal yields
Assessment of the sensitivity of particular regions to climate change, and to isolate the most sensitive areas
Reassessment of cultivation recommendations for all tree species (in an approach that differentiates by locations and that takes into account aspects of climate change, long production periods involved and related uncertainties and risks)
Determine vulnerability
Improvement of the understanding of socio-economic and institutional aspects of vulnerability and adaptation (including costs and benefits) is urgently needed
Identification of particularly vulnerable areas by sectors
