Overall Policy approach Wins Losses Assumptions subjective assessment Adaptation Mitigation Development Adaptation Mitigation Development Mauritius Water Improve access to safe drinking water supply Increase individual and None Improve health None None None Effective 3 community health and and well-being of implementation physical ability to deal with individuals and and potential temperature rise, communities. management. and changing stress on livelihood activities. Optimize the use of hydro-electricity generation Flood management and Reduce CO2 Increase storage None Loss of Displacement Reservoir 2 increased water storage if emissions from for irrigation, habitat/forests of people. construction levels of rainfall and hence hydropower, drinking purposes, and potential located on site runoff decrease with clean energy industrial growth. carbon containing climate change. source. Strengthen sequestration biodiversity and livelihood sink when human activities. reservoir area settlement. flooded. Promote rainwater harvesting Increase water storage if None Increase water None None None Rainwater 3 rainfall patterns become storage for harvesting more variable, on the drinking, structures can seasonal and annual sanitation, be built with timeframes. agriculture and suitable Mitigate effects of other livelihood materials. Funds extreme weather events activities. to purchase such as material is periods of rainfall, through available when interception and decrease required. surface water runoff. Improve water quality Positive impact on human None Positive impact on None None None Successful 3 health and aquatic health and implementation environments, particularly aquatic and if rainfall and run-off environment. management of decreases with climate water quality change. improvement activities. Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal Increase level of None Increase of None None None Government 3 with floods and droughts preparedness and preparedness and and/or relevant management approaches management organisation has
Policy approach Wins Losses Assumptions Overall subjective assessment Adaptation Mitigation Development Adaptation Mitigation Development Mauritius Water Improve access to safe drinking water supply Increase individual and community health and physical ability to deal with potential temperature rise, and changing stress on livelihood activities. None Improve health and well-being of individuals and communities. None None None Effective implementation and management. 3 Optimize the use of hydro-electricity generation Flood management and increased water storage if levels of rainfall and hence runoff decrease with climate change. Reduce CO2 emissions from hydropower, clean energy source. Increase storage for irrigation, drinking purposes, industrial growth. Strengthen livelihood activities. None Loss of habitat/forests and potential carbon sequestration sink when reservoir area flooded. Displacement of people. Reservoir construction located on site containing biodiversity and human settlement. 2 Promote rainwater harvesting Increase water storage if rainfall patterns become more variable, on the seasonal and annual timeframes. Mitigate effects of extreme weather events such as periods of rainfall, through interception and decrease surface water runoff. None Increase water storage for drinking, sanitation, agriculture and other livelihood activities. None None None Rainwater harvesting structures can be built with suitable materials. Funds to purchase material is available when required. 3 Improve water quality Positive impact on human health and aquatic environments, particularly if rainfall and run-off decreases with climate change. None Positive impact on health and aquatic environment. None None None Successful implementation and management of water quality improvement activities. 3 Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal with floods and droughts Increase level of preparedness and management approaches None Increase of preparedness and management None None None Government and/or relevant organisation has 3