Such variabilities or uncertainties will, no doubt, complicate the development of climate change adaptation measures; however, knowledge of their sheer magnitudes as obtained in this study will help in the formulation of appropriate policy and technical interventions for sustaining and possibly enhancing water security for irrigation and other uses served by Pong reservoir.
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Action Research For Climate Change Adaptation: Developing And Applying Knowledge For Governance.
Kripa's research focuses on climate change adaptation, specifically on creating knowledge that enables climate-resilient planning for the future.
Even if local administrations had the financial capacity to engage in planning for climate change adaptation, they would need technical knowledge about hydrological and climatic trends and scenarios to inform the revision of technical standards for canal construction, sluices, bridges and dam operations.
Farmers' previous knowledge of climate change adaptation measures increases their adaptation decision in both the wet and dry lowland parts of the study locations.
The value of traditional knowledge in sustainable development and ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation, and climate change adaptation has been increasingly recognized by the western knowledge (scientific) systems (Feiring 2013).
Here at IFAD we believe it's also important to remember the value of indigenous knowledge related to climate change adaptation.
This is consistent with our results: a higher proportion of Belgian forest owners and managers highlighted the lack of information and technical knowledge to undertake climate change adaptation actions as their main constraints to implement these actions.
Formal regulations can nevertheless contribute to retaining local knowledge by making climate change adaptation and geographically differentiated solutions a focus area and by ensuring that such considerations are required in any planning.
In fact, as pointed out by Keenan (2015), effective climate change adaptation is best achieved by combining scientific and local forest knowledge and by making this knowledge widely accessible.
