Adaptation database

This is a collection of examples of climate change adaptation measures. This section presents examples of adaptation efforts by the national government, local governments, and other businesses. You can see examples of adaptation measures in seven areas, both in Japan and overseas. Please use it to deepen your understanding of adaptation.
※ The district classification is based on thedistrict classification of the jurisdictions of Ministry of the Environment's Regional Environmental Office.

• Connecting Heat Stroke Alert, Free Parasol Scheme, and Weather App
  Human Health
  Nationwide
• The Ministry of the Environment’s "Heat illness Prevention Website - Providing Information on Heat Index, etc.”
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life / Human Health
  Nationwide
• Reducing freeze damage in juvenile peach trees through the development of a new rootstock variety
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chubu (Gifu Prefecture)
• Countermeasures against heat stroke in local governments in the Kyushu region
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu
• Introduction of seawater desalination equipment to stabilize water supply and emergency loan to remote islands in Okinawa
  Water Environment / Water Resources
  Kyushu (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Promotion of greening in the Kyushu region
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Okinawa prefecture)
• Promoting water-saving awareness in Kumamoto City
  Water Environment / Water Resources
  Kyushu (Kumamoto Prefecture)
• Heat stroke Prevention – Communication Project
  Human Health
  Nationwide
• Environmental education in Fukuoka Prefecture using the “Global Warming Action Workbook”
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture)
• Formulation of Fukuoka Prefecture Water Supply Strategy
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture)
• Promotion of green curtains in the Kyushu region
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Kumamoto Prefecture, Fukuoka City)
• Promoting an Eco-Lifestyle in Kumamoto
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Kumamoto Prefecture)
• Introduction of ICT to protect the Manganji brand chili peppers from high temperatures
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kinki (Kyoto)
• Elimination of inundation damage due to the "Iroha Donryu tunnel"
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Kinki (Kyoto)
• Flood Hazard Mitigation Project for Medical Facilities
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Texas, USA)
• Experimental “Water Street” for urban rainwater
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Netherlands)
• Property Flood Resilience Action Plan
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (UK)
• Restoration of floodplain wetlands
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas／Natural Ecosystems
  Overseas (UK)
• Protection of fish to save coral reefs
  Natural Ecosystems
  Overseas (Hawaii, USA)
• Measures to Protect Washington D.C.'s Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant from Flooding
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Washington, D.C., USA)
• Provision of meteorological and other data to optimize water use
  Water Environment / Water Resources
  Overseas (Utah, United States)
• Preventive measures in Boston
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Massachusetts, USA)
• Reducing Flood Risk and Flood Insurance Premiums Through Community Assessment Programs
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Massachusetts, USA)
• Improvement of coastal resilience by raising the elevation of new construction
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Virginia, USA)
• Promotion of Rainwater Management for Privately-owned Property
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas
  Overseas (Michigan, USA)
• Managing Water Supply Systems Using Climate Projections
  Water Environment / Water Resources
  Overseas (Florida, USA)
• Developing an Upgrade Strategy for Major Water Treatment Plants in Ōita
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Oita City, Oita Prefecture)
• Responding to Disaster Relief Issues for Foreigners in Ōita
  ndustrial and economic activities
  Kyushu (Oita City, Oita Prefecture)
• Using hydrogen as an emergency energy source
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas / ndustrial and economic activities
  Hokkaido / Tohoku (Iwate Prefecture)
• Maintaining water quality at Lake Hachirō
  Water Environment / Water Resources
  Tohoku (Akita Prefecture)
• Disaster Waste Disposal in Kyūshū
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu, Chugoku-Shikoku (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
• Accelerating the removal of utility poles
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Fukuoka City, Kumamoto City, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture)
• Public-Private Partnership Agreements for Disaster Response
  Industrial and economic activities
  Kyushu
• Use of disaster wells
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture)
• Creating a House Rooted in the Nature of Okinawa Prefecture
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kyushu (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Ensuring the Safety of Foreign Travellers in Cases of Disasters
  Natural Disasters / Coastal Areas / Industrial and economic activities
  Kinki (Osaka)
• Awareness-raising activities through measures against heat stroke using mist tents
  Human Health
  Kanto (Tochigi Prefecture)
• Development of Technology to Predict Wintering Areas for Nezara viridula
  Natural ecosystems
  Chubu（Mie Prefecture）
• Heat Illness Countermeasure Trials for Pre-School Children and School Students using LoRaWAN™ Network
  Human health / Industrial and economic activities
  Kinki（Suita City）
• Disseminating information on heat illness and disaster related issues to foreigners
  Human Health
  Nationwide
• Understanding the general state of vegetation nationwide through remote sensing technology
  Natural ecosystems
  Nationwide
• Quantitative verification of the effects of using parasol
  Human health / Life of citizenry and urban life
  Nationwide
• Responding to the decline in productivity of livestock production due to heat
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chubu（Mie Prefecture）
• Estimation of the distribution of bamboo forests throughout Japan using existing environmental information
  Natural ecosystems
  Nationwide
• Introduction of Climate Change Factors in Flood Protection Facility Plans
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas / Water Environment and Water Resources
  Overseas(Germany)
• Measures against high summer temperatures in carnation
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kinki（Hyogo Prefecture）
• Development of technology to reduce the occurrence of peach pulp damage
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku area（Okayama Prefecture）／ Kinki area（Wakayama Prefecture）
• Monitoring survey of alpine ecosystems
  Natural Ecosystems
  Nationwide
• Formulation of Long-term Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan
  Water Environment and Water Resources / Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（Washington, United States）
• Countermeasures against Climate Change in the Colorado River
  Water Environment and Water Resources
  Overseas（Nevada, United States）
• Countermeasures against Heat Waves
  Human Health
  Overseas（Minnesota, United States）
• Natural Flood Management
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Overseas（England）
• “No Regret” Initiatives
  Adaptation plan
  Overseas（France）
• Shin-Yokohama Park and the Tsurumi River Multi-Use Retarding Basin
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Kanto（Kanagawa Prefecture）
• Control of stray potato plant growth with snow breaks
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Hokkaido
• Cultivation of wasabi varieties
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Global Warming Countermeasures for in Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems
  Natural Ecosystems
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Wildlife Damage Mitigation
  Natural Ecosystems
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Responding to Changes in Energy Consumption
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Development of satsuma mandarin varieties and methods to combat high temperatures
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Adapting tea cultivation for higher temperatures
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kanto（Shizuoka Prefecture）
• Adaptation Awareness Raising through Events
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kinki（Osaka）
• Promoting Parasol use for men
  Human health / Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Saitama）
• Verifying the effectiveness of heat countermeasures technology with hands-on experience
  Human health / Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Tokyo）
• "Kamome Town" public-private collaborations to raise awareness of heat stroke
  Human health / Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Yokohama-city kanagawa prefecture）
• Incorporating Greater Awareness of Heat Mitigation into Public School Education
  Human health / Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture）
• Publicizing WBGT Measurements at Events Promoting Free Parasols
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life / Human health
  Kanto（Saitama Prefecture,Chiba Prefecture,Tokyo,Kanagawa Prefecture,Yokohama City,Kawasaki City,Chiba City,Saitama City,Sagamihara City）
• The CIMIS irrigation forecasting system
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（United States of America）
• European Adaptation Platforms Climate-ADAPT
  All
  Overseas（Europe・EU）
• Adaptation webinars
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（United States of America）
• Installation of climate hubs in the United States
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（United States of America）
• Climate Analogues to identify regions of similar climate
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（United States of America）
• Conservation of Alpine Vegetation in Daisetsuzan National Park
  Natural Ecosystems
  Hokkaido
• R&D LACCAVE on wine-making
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（France）
• Ensuring Tomato Production Yield with the TomGEM Project
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（Europe・EU）
• Heat Countermeasures for the Tokyo Olympics
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life / Human Health /Industrial and economic activities
  Kanto（Tokyo）
• The GoodBerry project for Berry Breeding
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Overseas（Europe・EU）
• Reliable Information Transmission through “Double Hotlines”
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Tohoku（Yamagata Prefecture）
• Disaster prevention and mitigation using ecosystem resilience (Eco-DRR)
  Natural Ecosystems
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Tokushima Prefectur）
• Increasing Dengue Fever Awareness with Online Public Information Sources
  Human Health
  Nationwide
• Mitigation of heat stress in chickens using agricultural by-products
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kinki (Wakayama Prefecture)
• Development of Lettuce Varieties
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chubu（Nagano Prefecture）
• Development of the "Paddy field dam"
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas / Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kanto（Niigata Prefecture）
• Creation of Hazard Mitigation Maps and Emergency Action Plans by Local Residents
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Kinki（Nara Prefecture）
• Local Production of Lychee
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kyushu（Miyazaki prefecture）
• Ensuring a Stable Agricultural Water Supply using Subsurface dams
  Water Environment and Water Resources / Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kyushu（Okinawa Prefecture）
• Parasol Rental in Tourist Areas
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life /Industrial and economic activities / Human Health
  Kanto（Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture）
• Tokyo Metro's measures against flood damage
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Kanto（Tokyo）
• Thames River Estuary 2100 Project
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Overseas（England）
• Adaptation-conscious urban development in Rotterdam
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Overseas（Netherlands）
• Creating a Detailed Timeline
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Tohoku（Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture）
• Timeline (Disaster Mitigation Action Plan)
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Nationwide,Overseas（United States of America）
• Development of the heat-tolerant "Sai-no-kizuna" rice variety
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kanto（Saitama）
• Improving the quality and yield of agricultural produce with ICT
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kinki（Kyoto Prefecture）
• Creation of disaster and evacuation cards
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Ehime Prefecture）
• Flagstone-style asphalt pavement with holding property
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kinki（Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture）
• Advanced Heat Island Effect Countermeasures and Model Housing Developments
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Saitama prefecture）
• Effects of Greenhouse Covering Materials in Tomato Cultivation for Warmer Temperatures
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chubu（Ishikawa Prefecture）
• Nagoya 2050 Water Cycle Restoration Strategy
  Water Environment and Water Resources
  Chubu（Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City）
• Adoption of Rice Varieties with Increased Heat-Stress Tolerance
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Hiroshima Prefecture）
• Thames Barrier, a British tide embankment
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Overseas（England）
• Effect of cheesecloth coating on reducing the occurrence of tanning fruit in apples
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chubu（Nagano Prefecture）
• Future-proofing Water Management Facilities against Changes in Water Level
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Nationwide
• Sand Motors on the coast of the Netherlands
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Overseas（Netherlands）
• Introduction of Shine Muscat, a yellow-green variety with no concern of poor coloration
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kyushu（Saga Prefecture）
• Coloring Improvement Technologies for the 'Aki Queen" Grapes
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Hiroshima Prefecture）
• Introduction of business continuity plans
  Industrial and economic activities
  Nationwide,Overseas
• "Duct fine fog," a measure against summer heat fatigue of dairy cattle
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Ehime Prefecture）
• Development of Heat-Stress Resistant Varieties of Wakame
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Tokushima Prefecture）
• Hyōgo Prefecture Housing Reconstruction Natural Disaster Mutual Aid System (Phoenix Mutual Aid) for Protection Against Injury and Property Damage
  Natural Disasters and Coastal Areas
  Kinki（Hyogo Prefecture）
• Protection of Sea Turtle Hatching with Heat-Stress Countermeasures
  Natural Ecosystems
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Tokushima Prefecture）
• Optimal Rice Planting Date Map
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Kinki（Hyogo Prefecture）
• Introduction of "Tarocco" Blood Orange, which is resistant to high temperatures
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries
  Chugoku-Shikoku（Ehime Prefecture）
• "Cool Oasis" to prevent heat stroke
  Human Health
  Kanto（Saitama prefecture）
• Mimicking the Effect of Sunlight Filtering Through Trees with "fractal sunshades"
  Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
  Kanto（Yokohama-city kanagawa prefecture）