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.
Monitoring
Conduct regular evaluation and improvement of strategies and adaptation measures
Establishment of national monitoring networks to follow the ecological changes caused by that of the climate and integrating this system into the relevant international networks
of the aquatic environment
Introduction of Automatic Weather Stations and connection with hydrological stations, particularly with the purpose of automatic monitoring and software control of the situation at river basins
Ensuring that monitoring systems used in the DRB have the ability to detect climate change impacts on ecological and chemical water status as well as the effects of climate change adaptation measures
Observation of changes in surface and groundwater systems, floods, droughts and water quality, climate-related warming of lakes and rivers
Cooperation in the field of monitoring and assessment - in particular Danubian States shall agree upon monitoring points, river quality characteristics and pollution parameters regularly to be evaluated for the Danube River with a sufficient frequency taking into account the ecological and hydrological character of the watercourse concerned as well as typical emissions of pollutants discharged within the respective catchment area
Review of the monitoring programmes under the WFD for their adequacy in reliably detecting and assessing such impacts
Development of vulnerability maps
Climate: Enhancement of climate monitoring to improve data for weather, climate and hydrologic modelling to aid understanding of water-related impacts and management options