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Societies have to both reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and undertake adaptation measures to limit the negative impacts of global warming on the population, the economy and the environment.
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This step identifies possible adaptation measures that could be undertaken over the short term to increase the capacity of individuals, communities, and countries to effectively cope with the weather or climate exposure of concern.
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is listed among the specific adaptation measures that the water sector in Africa needs to undertake to cope with future climate change.
However, while mitigation policies should be undertaken as soon as possible in order to stop (or at least delay) global warming, in most cases there is no rush to adopt adaptation measures, and it could be even beneficial to wait before acting (this argument will be justified in Sect. 5).
The governments could not agree on additional practical adaptation measures, such as how to integrate adaptation into national policies.
The paper then outlines some adaptation strategies, particularly focusing on the needs for risk-based selection of optimal adaptation measures.
In order to implement the necessary adaptation measures Uganda is looking for 40 million dollars of international aid.
And what mitigation and adaptation measures are needed to cope with more severe interlinked disasters?
The cost of many adaptation measures, especially "hard" engineering measures, is frequently beyond the means of national governments.
Adaptation measures will also vary for planning new infrastructure versus improving existing operations.
Adaptation can be implemented by smallholder farmers themselves (autonomous adaptation) or by government policies aimed at promoting appropriate and effective adaptation measures (planned adaptation).
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