The measures available in this web platform are a compilation of the state of the art in Climate Change Adaptation. They provide information about all potential solutions to reduce the impacts, damage and vulnerability of any territory. The measures have been obtained from different EU-funded scientific research projects. They are classified to facilitate the selection, using the search engine and the filters available.
This is a live tool, and it welcomes new measures as the Climate Adaptation research and practice evolves. If you register, you can enter new measures, and use all of them to create a tailored strategy for the municipality, district or region of interest. Also they can be included in the prioritization tool to compare the impact of the measures, which supports Climate Action decision-making.
A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with vegetation that includes a growing medium, such as soil. Is a variation of green roofs. Most green walls also feature an integrated water delivery system. Green walls are also known as living walls or vertical gardens. The wall helps reduce run-off by capturing rainwater from the roof of the building in dedicated storage tanks. This measure is part of the called Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS).
These type of basins store stormwater during heavy rainfall events, controlling the downstream flow and, consecutively, the flooding risk. Retention basins hold a permanent pool of water (wet basins), having a higher residence time and promoting physical-chemical and biological treatment processes through infiltration and vegetation and microbial activity (TSS, organic matter, nutrients and heavy metals). Both retention and detention basins have inlet and outlet structures and the water level drops slowly as the water flows out of the basin into a nearby water course or sewer.
Storm weirs are drainage devices implemented to adapt the drainage system behavior against large inflows. There are several types of weirs, but the operational principle is the same: part of the flow is diverted directly to the receiving water-body while a certain design flow is conducted to the WWTP.
Increase marine biodiversity by installing artificial reefs
Natural flood management techniques. The rocks take the brunt of the river flow saving the condition of the flood defence structure (for example a retaining wall) preventing wear and tear and reducing the need for replacement or remediation works over time.
Type of natech trigger addressed: All
The oportunity of supplying homes off-grid will be posible by the microgrid concept which includes the integration of renewable energies at home/buildings/communitites, batteries and regulable loads. Sometimes, it requires interaction with the consumers by sending them consumption recommendations.
It will improve thermal comfort in the hospital building where it is implemented. This was one of the measures recommended as part of an energy audit conducted by the hospital.
Take part in city networks to foster the exchange of good practices and collaborate with benchmark international institutions
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Learn more about how climate change will affect the city through European projects such as RESCCUE (2020)
Keep sufficient space in the soil and subsoil to allow for the necessary climate services (greater water infi ltration, better quality soil to allow plants to grow properly, etc.)
Natural water retention facility. It can store water and provide water for many purposes
Lawn Lawns and green areas are permeable surfaces that perform some important functions in an urban environment, such as heat and run-off control, space for recreational and sport uses, biodiversity hubs and carbon storage components. There are several typologies of lawn suitable for urban areas, such as: - rustic lawns, which ask for less maintenance and are mainly used for river/canal banks and floodable public places; - ornamental lawn, used in public and private gardens; - sports lawns, formed by species that allow a high trampling; - flowery lawns, formed by a mix of herbaceous flowering plants, annual or perennial. Depending on the types, they may or not require a regular irrigation and mowing. The use of spontaneous species and the support of symbiotic behaviours (between different plant types and/or fungi), when carefully designed, can greatly enhance the quality of green areas, reducing manteinance and irrigation costs, as well as providing improved resistance during droughts. ing.
Collate records of historic flood events
Placing electrical transformer centers near coasts and rivers on a higher platform or relocating these substations near rivers and coasts more inland.
Live crib walls are a particular form of gravity-retaining structures made of on-site fill material, timbers and layers .
Live pole drains can provide double effect on both the drain of excess soil moisture and the reinforcement of soil with roots (Pacas, 1999).
A check dam is a small dam constructed across a drainage ditch, swale, or channel to lower the velocity of flow.
Offshore structures designed to limit wave energy by creating a barrier, most often underwater, between open water and the shoreline.
