Adaption Strategies
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- Created on: 26-09-17 11:11
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- Adaption strategies
- Change in Agricultural Systems
- Moving production to another location due to changing temperatures and extreme weather
- Increasing irrigation in areas due to changing preciptation
- Changing the crops and varieties grown and the time of year they are planted, such as drought-resistant crops or switching to livestock production which tends to have more guaranteed returns
- The cost of adapting to climate change is more difficult for poorer subsistence farmers
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- The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation states that agriculture needs to be climate-smart if it is to feed the world.
- Managing Water Supply
- Reducing demand for water
- As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson developed a Water Strategy to reduce London's water demand.
- By 2030, all London homes should have been offered a free retrofit package of water-efficient devices, including aerators
- Increasing Supply
- Thames Water opened a desalination plant in Beckton in 2010 to increase water supply
- Water is taken from the River Thames at low tide.
- A process called reverse osmosis is used to produce drinking water for 400,000 homes.
- The plant requires a lot of energy (enough to power 8,000 homes), so carbon emissions need to be offset by a biodiesel electricity plant.
- A process called reverse osmosis is used to produce drinking water for 400,000 homes.
- Reducing demand for water
- Reducing Risk From Rising Sea Levels
- London is currently well protected against rising sea levels by the Thames Barrier.
- The Thames Barrier has been closed over 100 times since it was built, in 1982 to stop tidal surges entering London
- The Barrier was designed with an expectation it would be breached once every 1,000 year, but a 50cm rise in sea level would increase the risk to once every 100 years
- London is currently well protected against rising sea levels by the Thames Barrier.
- Change in Agricultural Systems
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