Climate Change Adaptation Measures Toolbox

Assessment of climate change impacts on the natural status of surface and underground waters, for important rivers (e.g. for each hydrographical basin > 1000 kmІ, out of which the necessary adaptation measures should result)

Conduct a climate vulnerability assessment of basin ecosystems

Determination of the limits to adaptation (time of implementation, space limit the action will be helpful)

Promotion of the retention of water in the agricultural landscape, especially in drought-risk farm and forestry landscapes

Implementation of precaution measure to enable sufficient water storage in water dams

Construction of reservoirs and canals for agricultural needs

Elaboration and implementation of hydro- and agro-technical complex systems of accumulation and efficiently utilization of atmospheric precipitations e.g. small-scale water conservation measures, such as collecting water from farm buildings and constructing on farm reservoirs to supply water for agricultural activities

Application and expansion of irrigation for agriculture: choose the most suitable irrigation method considering type of crop, soil type, technology, costs and benefits.

Climate: Elaboration of regional models and climate scenarios for each agro-pedoclimatic zone to provide information on the frequency and duration of droughts and frosts and to diminish the uncertainty rate

Vegetation: Development of special sub-models incorporated into models of agroecosystems which simulate plant-protection situations, related to climate change; extension of the phenological models with stochastic elements, risk functions for races, types, regions