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.
Sustainable agricultural practices
Improvement of drainage
Support runoff reduction by agronomic practices like no-tillage and cropping systems
Close co-operation with agriculture to reach a more sustainable agricultural practise
Sustainable and integrated management
Creation of new alliances and ways of working for innovative solutions, e.g. catchment management, source controls etc.
Implementation of the complex system of water management, as required by the WFD of the EU, along with the consideration of requirements of nature conservation
Ensuring sustainable management of natural resources and integration of climate change issues
Consolidation of a water saving culture and ethic, considerable use of water, protection of water resources Example of good practice: In Bavaria (Germany) coordinated measures have been implemented to optimise water retention by combining reservoirs for exudation renaturation of peatlands and wetlands, creation of depressions and drains, modification of growing techniques, reforestation, ecological valorisation and renaturation of water resources (Alpine Convention)
Sustainable exploitation of water resources
Review the sustainable exploitation of water resources
Transboundary collaboration
Development of inter-regional adaption strategy: different regions are interconnected and dependent
Prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impact: develop, adopt and implement relevant legal, administrative and technical measures as well as provide for the domestic preconditions and basis required in order to ensure efficient water quality protection and sustainable water use and thereby also to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact
