Cover -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1. A changing and uncertain future for freshwater -- Key messages -- Uncertainty and knowledge gaps -- A future for freshwater unlike the past -- Climate change as water change -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. A risk-based approach to adapting water systems to climate change -- Key messages -- Why risk? Rationale for a risk-based approach -- Thinking risk: A framework -- "Know", "target" and "manage" water risks: A role for government -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Climate change adaptation for water systems in OECD countries -- Key messages -- Building the evidence base to "know" the risk -- Policy frameworks to set the strategic direction -- Policy instruments to "know", "target" and "manage" water risks -- Financing approaches -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Improving flexibility: Adaptive governance, policy options and financing approaches -- Key messages -- Adaptive water governance -- Improving incentives to manage risk and increasing flexibility in water policy -- Incentives for ecosystem-based approaches and green infrastructure -- Financing issues: Avoiding potential pitfalls and accounting for option values -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. Using hindsight to guide the future: Concluding remarks -- Country Profiles -- 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.