| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
OECD studies on water, 2224-5081 |
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OECD studies on water.
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- A changing and uncertain future for freshwater -- A risk-based approach to adapting water systems to climate change -- Climate change adaptation for water systems in OECD countries -- Improving flexibility: Adaptive governance, policy options and financing approaches -- Using hindsight to guide the future: Concluding remarks -- Australia -- Austria -- Belgium -- Canada -- Chile -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Japan -- Korea -- Luxembourg -- Mexico -- The Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Slovak Republic -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- United States -- European Commission |
| Summary |
This report sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new "waterscape". It highlights the range of expected changes in the water cycle and the challenge of making practical, on-site adaptation decisions for water. It offers policymakers a risk-based approach to better "know", "target" and "manage" water risks and proposes policy guidelines to prioritise action and improve the efficiency, timeliness and equity of adaptation responses. The report also highlights general trends and good practices drawn from the OECD Survey of Policies on Water and Climate Change Adaptation, covering all 34 member countries and the European Commission. Individual country profiles are available, which provide a snapshot of the challenges posed by climate change for freshwater and the emerging policy responses (on-line only). Finally, the report highlights the benefits of well-designed economic instruments (e.g. insurance schemes, water trading, water pricing), ecosystem-based approaches and 'real options' approaches to financing. These approaches can improve the flexibility of water policy and investment, reducing the cost of adjusting to changing conditions |
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This publication sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new "waterscape". It examines the range and complexity of possible changes in the water cycle and the challenges of making practical, on-site adaptation decisions for water. It offers policymakers a risk-based framework and guidance to "know", "cap" and "manage" water risks in order to provide flexibility and improve decisions despite the lack of reliable predictions. It draws insights from a stock take of current policy efforts to adapt water systems across all 34 member countries and the European Union, including water-related aspects of National Adaptation Plans and Strategies, specific policy measures, and financing programmes. Finally, the report examines the use of economic instruments to promote adaptation (e.g. insurance schemes, water markets and banks, water pricing), incentives for?green? infrastructure and ecosystem-based approaches, and financing issues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (OECD iLibrary, viewed on Sept. 25, 2013) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Fresh water -- Environmental aspects.
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Water-supply -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries.
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Water-supply -- Environmental aspects.
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Water-supply -- Government policy -- OECD countries.
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Water-supply -- Government policy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| ISBN |
178040574X |
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1780405758 (electronic bk.) |
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9264200436 (print) |
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9264200444 (pdf) |
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9279299352 (European Union ; pdf) |
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9279299379 (European Union ; print) |
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9781780405742 |
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9781780405759 (electronic bk.) |
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9789264200432 (print) |
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9789264200449 (pdf) |
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9789279299353 (European Union ; pdf) |
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9789279299377 (European Union ; print) |
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