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Klimawandel, Wasser und Landwirtschaft: Herausforderungen und Anpassungsstrategien
Author(s) -
Hardelin Julien,
Lankoski Jussi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/1746-692x.12085
Subject(s) - water scarcity , agriculture , climate change , natural resource economics , adaptation (eye) , water resources , business , work (physics) , agricultural productivity , environmental resource management , climate change adaptation , farm water , environmental planning , extreme weather , risk management , production (economics) , water resource management , environmental science , water conservation , economics , geography , engineering , finance , ecology , archaeology , biology , mechanical engineering , physics , macroeconomics , optics
Summary Climate change is expected to have numerous and complex impacts on water resources, with consequences for agricultural production through changes in crop water requirements; the availability and quality of water; and increases in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods. Although there is substantial uncertainty about the magnitude of impacts, especially at the local level, this does not call for inaction. On the basis of the recent work undertaken by OECD in this area, we identify and discuss three main dimensions for a comprehensive adaptation strategy for agricultural water management: i) creating an enabling environment to foster on‐farm adaptive capacities through policies targeted at innovation, education, and advisory and extension services; ii) improving agricultural water management through the development of flexible and robust instruments, such as water pricing and water markets, to deal with both short‐run water shortages and long‐run water stress; iii) developing and improving risk management tools for droughts and floods to ensure that the true cost of risks is signalled to farmers while at the same time improving the efficiency of risk allocation. We highlight the importance of policy coherence in recognising the linkages between climate change adaptation and mitigation.