Adaptation responses Drawing on the risk and vulnerability assessment, the table below provides a list of potential adaptation responses that should be considered during local adaptation planning processes based on relevance as determined by local assessments of risks, vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Table 4: Adaptation Responses Climate change environmental risks Drivers of Rural Social Vulnerability Potential Climate Change Adaptation Responses Decreased availability of surface water: Lack of access to reticulated water supply and dependence Strengthen water resource planning and infrastructure on open water sources such as rivers, ponds, and dams for Increased temperatures leading to higher evaporation rates drinking and sanitation. Rainwater harvesting Reduction in annual precipitation and seasonal droughts Dependence on open water sources for irrigation agriculture. Alien-clearing programmes Alien infestation Conflicts between agriculture and rural settlements for Sustainable use of groundwater resources access to water Impacts on runoff from human settlements and agriculture Environmentally-friendly and socially acceptable sanitation solutions Catchment management informed by modelling of climate vulnerability Water-wise crop cultivation and irrigation practices e.g. drip irrigation
Adaptation responses Drawing on the risk and vulnerability assessment, the table below provides a list of potential adaptation responses that should be considered during local adaptation planning processes based on relevance as determined by local assessments of risks, vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Table 4: Adaptation Responses Climate change environmental risks Drivers of Rural Social Vulnerability Potential Climate Change Adaptation Responses Decreased availability of surface water: Increased temperatures leading to higher evaporation rates Reduction in annual precipitation and seasonal droughts Alien infestation Impacts on runoff from human settlements and agriculture Lack of access to reticulated water supply and dependence on open water sources such as rivers, ponds, and dams for drinking and sanitation. Dependence on open water sources for irrigation agriculture. Conflicts between agriculture and rural settlements for access to water Strengthen water resource planning and infrastructure Rainwater harvesting Alien-clearing programmes Sustainable use of groundwater resources Environmentally-friendly and socially acceptable sanitation solutions Catchment management informed by modelling of climate vulnerability Water-wise crop cultivation and irrigation practices e.g. drip irrigation
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