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***** (***** | *****)A vast number of measures can be realized to adapt to climate change. They can be implemented by private or public actors on all levels, long- or short-term. As the field is relatively young there are hardly any standardized procedures and the community is open for exploration and innovations. Here's an overview of a choice of adaptation measures.
Governance and Management
It is absolutely crucial to be in touch with the local population as well as other individuals, groups or companies that can affect or are affected by an organisations activity:Stakeholder dialogue and conflict management can help to detect irregularities or problems early enough to prevent or at least manage them responsibly.
Technical adaptation measures
Economics and Finance
The third section of this portal refers to economic issues. Developed countries agreed to financially support developing countries in their climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The UNFCCC calls this kind of monetary support Climate fundingClimate finance.
Private sector engagement
Fourth, climate change can also be consideres as a filed of action and window of opportunity for organisations of the private sector. This refers to the newly-arising branch of companies that are active in climate-related technologies, e.g. energy efficiency: production of solar-driven desalination plants. A second field is the provision ofInsurances and micro-insurances for farmers and agribusiness enterprises, e.g. in the case of extreme weather events.
