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.
Adaptation of the sowing / harvest dates and the field work calendar
Altering the timing or location of cropping activities.
Minimization of the effects of drought by early planting of cultivars with rapid rates of development
Sowing winter cereal later than currently customary to avoid damages through a late onset of the cold phase, which is important for plant development
Modification of crop calendars (e.g. timing or location of cropping activities) to the new climate conditions (e.g. changing sowing dates in relation to changing precipitation seasons)
Adaptation of water conservation technology policies
Definition of standards applying at farm level for compliance with existing national authorisation procedures when using water for irrigation
Implementation and enforcement of water saving regulations and a changing subsidies system related to irrigated crops
Adapting ecosystem management
Introduction of management methods, which will decrease the expectable danger of invasive species, aiming at management means that enhance the acceptable (least worse) colonisation processes
Including knowledge about impacts of climate change in landscape planning
Making more money available for environment services in order to adequately finance the required measures for conservation and restoration of biological diversity, and introduce payments for environmental services to protect biodiversity and carbon in agricultural landscapes
Adaptation of maintenance, development and management plans for large protected spaces in order to take into account expected climate change and adapt them according to the results of monitoring programmes implemented for this purpose (e.g. adaptation and management of leisure activities, maintenance measures for infrastructures)
