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.
Increasing varieties of tree species
Afforestation of large areas using suitable native species
Choice of adequate tree species, provenances, population and genotypes, which are more tolerant on altered climate conditions or specialized for potential climate conditions in future
Plantation of non-native tree species to adapt to new climatic conditions
Increasing water storage
Investigation and ensuring further locations for storages in order to raise low flows and create barrage for drinking water; these waters could also be used against fire and for irrigation
Use of local water reserves by constructing farm ponds for catching precipitation runoff
Increasing water storage capacity
in investing and enlarging the existing reservoirs and/or creation of new reservoirs to make it possible in summer to keep on hydropower production
in supporting low flow in particular for thermal power plant cooling
Infrastructure adaptation
Improvement of infrastructure resilience
Integrated management
Consideration of the impacts of climate change in integrated river-basin management
Introduction of new crop types
Use of cultivars resistant to abiotic stresses like drought, high temperature, ect.
