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.

Introduction of new crop types

  • Breeding and use of drought tolerant crop varieties

  • Preference of robust varieties with wide climatic tolerance and low susceptibility to pests (diversification of the range of crop types lessens the risk of yield losses through climate extremes and damages through pest outbreaks)

  • Growing of new crops with Mediterranean origin

  • Selecting cultivars with shorter germination and shorter growing season

  • Improvement of genetic resistance and/or tolerance of crop plants by breeding

  • Use a variety of cultivars and hybrids, especially long-maturing, high-productive cultivars and hybrids with better industrial qualities

Knowledge exchange

  • Formation of inter-institutional scientific board, participation in realization and implementation of European and world projects and initiatives, regarding prevention and adaptation of forest to climate change

Knowledge transfer

  • Enhancement of sharing of research information on climate change in the DRB

  • Ensuring that scientific information is ‘translated’ to water managers

  • Integration of all knowledge, results and lessons learnt related to climate change threats in the next DRBM Plan