It is, therefore, worthwhile to make better adaptation at all INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY,and SETTLEMENTLEVELS, thus successfully tackling the harmful effects of climate change. Individually, e.g., we can protect ourselves or prepare our homes for weather extremes. We can develop new behaviors and habits at the community level that have better adapted to changed circumstances (e.g., alternative working hours during heat waves). At the settlement level, we can strive for more livable settlement planning that reduces the harmful effects of climate change. In large cities, for example, one of the most commonly used adaptation practices is to plant shading trees but can do the same if you have a garden and plant deciduous trees instead of grass. Trees provide shade even in the most significant heat periods, evaporate to cool the environment and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while producing oxygen.

But we have many other options. Think of rainwater utilization, which has many possibilities of use on an individual level as well. The collected rainwater is also suitable for watering, washing, and flushing toilets, with which we can reduce our piped water consumption. In the case of new construction, complex rainwater utilization can be easily developed with little effort, which significantly increases household appliances’ life, as rainwater is soft water. If we do not have the opportunity to build such a complex system, we can use a barrel or outdoor container to collect our rainwater from which we can water our plants.