Climate Change Adaptation Measures Toolbox

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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.

Flood protection planning

  • Preparation of an overview of the implementation of future measures to achieve the WFD environmental objectives while ensuring an appropriate level of flood protection

Flood risk assessment

  • Implementation of a flood risk assessment for the identification of areas exposed to floods

Forecast / River Information Systems

  • Better seasonal discharge predictions at waterway level could help to adjust in short term

  • Improved prediction of water level situation up to 3 month

  • Improvement of methods in forecasting water levels

  • Implementation of harmonised River Information Services (RIS) (aim: increasing the safety, efficiency and environmental-friendliness of inland navigation, important is an implementation along the entire Danube and its main navigable tributaries and canals)

Forecasting and early warning service

  • Improvement of early warning systems for climate and hydrological extreme events

  • Promotion and support of the early recognition of potential hazards influenced by climate change, such as avalanches, flooding, mudslide and landslide hazards

  • Forecasting and warning service

  • Expansion of Low water information services