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.

Water-saving

  • Implementation of suitable water saving measures and strategies in industry, agriculture, forestry and private households to avoid restriction of usage (e.g. permit systems for water users, education and awareness-raising)

  • Measures of saving and efficient utilization of water(irrigation, industry)

  • Decreasing of the losses in the distribution system of the water

  • Leakage reduction of reservoirs and water distribution networks

Waterway management

  • Find and coordinate ways of using new routes optimally

  • Improvement of comprehensive and standard waterway management of the Danube and its tributaries in more cooperation and coordination among national authorities (Build on the network of Danube Waterway Administrations (NEWADA) project)

  • Better reservoir management in low-flow cases