Adaptation for the long run The following examples of adaptation strategies suggest a range of measures that can help countries reduce their risks related to energy, food and water security.
Adaptation options: energy security and flood risk
vulnerability and exposure to climate risks
risk to infrastructure
enhancing climate resiliency
protection
property loss and damage
dam safety improvements
In the near term, governments can reduce the risks to infrastructure with protective measures such as dam safety improvements that can prevent catastrophic flooding and the damage to property that flooding brings. Longer-term nature-based solutions such as afforestation, which may take years
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climate-smart development and adaptation
prevention and nature-based solutions
relocation
more robust and climate-smart design
to reach maturity, will provide protection indefinitely. The relocation of houses and other buildings is a costly solution, but in the long run is likely to be less expensive and more effective than rebuilding every time a flood occurs.
