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Therefore, to cope with the effects of growing water scarcity for agriculture, climate smart agricultural techniques were implemented to increase water productivity. (worldbank.org)
The report particularly highlights increased risks in urban areas, including from extreme rainfall, inland and coastal flooding, drought and water scarcity. (eldis.org)
Water scarcity in the Middle East is impacting on lives and causing diplomatic tensions in between countries. (ipsnews.net)
While the Middle East and North Africa have continued to experience water scarcity for thousands of years, several interconnected challenges today threaten environmental sustainability and security for the region's water supply. (ipsnews.net)
Water scarcity is expected to impact development in the Middle East. (ipsnews.net)
Now the threat of water scarcity is growing for the two countries, followed by food security and potential future natural disasters. (ipsnews.net)
WASHINGTON: Moroccan youth are working to address their country's dire environmental future amid drastic climate change, water scarcity and food production issues. (arabnews.com)
Morocco is one of many countries that have been wrestling with the consequences of climate change and water scarcity, which has the potential to impact population stability and the country's resources. (arabnews.com)
They said climate change had a direct impact on water scarcity, energy, agricultural production and education, and argued that these issues were connected. (arabnews.com)
She said that several water-related strategies were in place to deal with water scarcity and management. (arabnews.com)
She said that the country's ecosystem has been severely impacted by climate change, which had increased water scarcity through less rainfall, an increase in water evaporation and rising temperatures. (arabnews.com)
Hasnae Bakhouch, a UN Women Young Peacebuilder and environmental activist, said that water scarcity was impacting women in rural areas because they carried out many household and farming responsibilities. (arabnews.com)
Can tech advances solve arid Middle East's water scarcity problem? (arabnews.com)
And the statistics are pretty grim: one in every three people across Africa face water scarcity daily, and nearly 400 million people in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to find access to drinking water , according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). (ipsnews.net)
Water scarcity is particularly devastating for small farmers, according to Oxfam. (truthout.org)
With the current climate scenario, it is predicted that water scarcity will displace between 24 million and 700 million people, by 2030. (wateraid.org)
It is suggested that the Kinneret WL decline is likely to be the result of climate change, and water scarcity but not to enhancement of agricultural farming consumption. (scirp.org)
Assessing the "readiness" of a country's enabling environment to tackle water scarcity and related compounding climate change risks is the main aim of this report. (unicef.org)
Water scarcity and other effects of climate change impact the vulnerable the most, say NGO workers. (aljazeera.com)
Farmers in Jordan are facing the consequences of water scarcity, and are battling to confront them. (aljazeera.com)
As a farmer, I clearly see how the inconsistent rainfall and water scarcity affects our production," Hashim told Al Jazeera. (aljazeera.com)
In Jordan, we need a fair share of support, especially when it comes to water scarcity, and regional collaboration in order to get the help that we need," said Omar Shoshan, the chairman of the Jordan Environmental Union, who attended the conference. (aljazeera.com)
In Iraq, climate change and water scarcity -two closely interlinked crises-are fueling the growth of new types of violence with some alarming characteristics: a state of chronic fragility, fierce struggles over power, weak institutional security, the growing armed power of factions and tribes, and the immiseration of large segments of the population. (tcf.org)
Climate change and water scarcity have already caused instability. (tcf.org)
The Water Stress Index, issued by the World Resources Institute, predicts that Iraq will experience severe drought, extreme heat, scorching sun, and a toxic environment by 2040 , with the water "scarcity level" expected to reach 4.6 points out of 5 (with 5 being the most severe). (tcf.org)
Wider-ranging potential consequences include water scarcity, forced migration and increased political tensions within and between countries. (who.int)
El Niño conditions have already increased seasonal rainfall in south-central regions with flooding from September to December 2015, while northern regions of the country are currently experiencing severe drought, with water and food scarcity which may lead to food insecurity, malnutrition and diseases. (who.int)

A combination of structural and non-structural measures was implemented including awareness campaigns, water resources management planning and infrastructure reconstruction to mitigate impacts caused by climate change. (worldbank.org)
Any shocks - like repeated droughts or flooding caused by climate change - can push families over the edge. (oxfam.org)

Here we critically review recent research assessing the impacts of climate on ground water through natural and human-induced processes as well as through groundwater-driven feedbacks on the climate system. (nature.com)
Beneath the surface of global change: Impacts of climate change on groundwater. (nature.com)
Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry warned at a conference on food security that 'the horrific refugee situation we're facing today will pale in comparison to the mass migrations that intense droughts, sea-level rise and other impacts of climate change are likely to bring about. (foxbusiness.com)
As COP27 negotiations continue at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, people in the Middle East are dealing with the impacts of climate change. (ipsnews.net)
The Water Infrastructure Solutions from Ecosystem Services Underpinning Climate Resilient Policies and Programmes (WISE-UP) project aims to demonstrate how natural infrastructure can be combined with built infrastructure in balanced and optimal investment portfolios to deliver economic and social development, while ensuring that people and the environment adapt to the impacts of climate change. (polity.org.za)
Among the potential impacts of climate change, accelerated sea level rise and a reduced Sierra snowpack are the most certain. (ppic.org)

The below-average rainfall during the spring and early summer months (September-December 2019) was due to a positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole, one of the strongest on record, that influenced Australia's climate during this period (see the Bureau's 2019-20 Climate Report for more information). (bom.gov.au)
Evapotranspiration was below average during the latter part of 2019 due to low water availability following low rainfall in the spring and early summer months. (bom.gov.au)
Evapotranspiration was above average over large parts of the region during February-June 2020 due to increased water availability following higher rainfall in the early part of 2020. (bom.gov.au)
In the first three months of year (July-September), the climate was influenced by a negative Indian Ocean Dipole phase that is associated with higher winter-spring rainfall. (bom.gov.au)
The above-average evapotranspiration may be attributed to a combination of above-average temperatures across the region and increased water availability, particularly following high rainfall in September 2016 and, to a lesser extent, March 2017. (bom.gov.au)
Evapotranspiration was only below average during a 3-month period (January-March) when water availability was low due to relatively poor rainfall during the summer months of January-February. (bom.gov.au)
It is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts due to its low elevation, rising sea levels, and shifting rainfall patterns. (worldbank.org)
Warmer ocean waters spawn stronger hurricanes and other tropical storms, and more evaporation leads to more intense rainfall. (exploratorium.edu)
According to ClimateChangePost, an organization based in The Netherlands that monitors precipitation and climate change around the world, from 1951 to 1996, Italy experienced a gradual decrease in rainfall amounts of about 14 percent. (eponline.com)
In arid and semi-arid regions, water shortage will become more prominent, due to irregularly distributed rainfall, resulting in increased droughts as well as extreme rainfall events. (mdpi.com)
The maps also show that many North African countries with little rainfall, such as Libya, Algeria and Egypt, which are usually considered as water insecure, have considerable groundwater storage but very low recharge rates. (ucl.ac.uk)
As climate change shifts rainfall patterns, irrigation is a powerful tool to increase the world's food supply. (worldbank.org)
Climate in the Niger River Basin is marked by a high degree of variability - rainfall, river flows, and temperature already fluctuate a great deal and could become even more variable in the future, said Goulden. (wilsoncenter.org)
When water availability resulted by normal-regular rainfall regime is sufficient, difficulties in water sharing are negligible whilst this task becomes disputable and tough under drought conditions. (scirp.org)
The second most water-scarce country in the world, Jordan is vulnerable to climate change that has increased as a result of inconsistent rainfall, higher temperatures, and an unexpected population increase following the Syrian civil war and the accompanying influx of refugees to the country. (aljazeera.com)
The next two decades will be hard on the country, with some areas becoming uninhabitable due to excessive temperature increases, a lack of rainfall, a shortage of surface water and groundwater, the intensification of dust storms, drought, and desertification. (tcf.org)
Soil erosion is one of the major hazards affected by the climate change, particularly the increasing intensity of rainfall resulted in increasing erosion, apart from other factors like landuse change. (springer.com)
Changes in climate have an adverse effect with increasing rainfall. (springer.com)
It is increasing the occurrence of heat waves, droughts, extreme rainfall and severe cyclones in many areas, and modifying the transmission of food-borne, water-borne and zoonotic infectious diseases, resulting in large impacts on health. (who.int)
Climate change is major change in temperature, rainfall, snow, or wind patterns lasting for many years. (medlineplus.gov)

Climate change will affect water supplies in California, but few water-management agencies in the state have formally included climate change in their water-management plans. (rand.org)

As the world's largest distributed store of fresh water, ground water plays a central part in sustaining ecosystems and enabling human adaptation to climate variability and change. (nature.com)
Furthermore, we examine the possible opportunities and challenges of using and sustaining groundwater resources in climate adaptation strategies, and highlight the lack of groundwater observations, which, at present, limits our understanding of the dynamic relationship between ground water and climate. (nature.com)
in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (eds McCarthy, J. J. et al. (nature.com)
in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (eds Parry, M. L. et al. (nature.com)
The Mekong Delta Water Management for Rural Development project created gains in agricultural productivity for local farmers, provided access to water supply for rural households, and contributed to climate change adaptation and resilience. (worldbank.org)
The project protected and enhanced the use of water resources in seven provinces of the Mekong Delta region - Can Tho, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, An Giang, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu -- to sustain agricultural productivity, provided access to water supply, and contributed to climate change adaptation through a concerted effort towards integrated approaches for water resource management. (worldbank.org)
Governments have identified water as a key to climate change adaptation (it's mentioned in 93% of national climate action plans) and most efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions depend on reliable access to water resources. (eldis.org)
Democrats fought for this increase to allow Congress to make new investments in science and research, health care, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, among other priorities. (ens-newswire.com)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that US$100 billion needs to be invested annually towards climate adaptation in Africa by 2050, but that figure is far from being reached. (ipsnews.net)
We work with governments to make sure access to clean water is at the heart of their climate adaptation and development plans. (wateraid.org)
In the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, which measures countries' readiness to face climate change and their vulnerability, Iraq's scores are impressively poor . (tcf.org)
Climate Change Adaptation actors within this field of study. (lu.se)
We have created a programme that has synergies between disaster risk management and climate change adaptation because these two areas are strongly interlinked. (lu.se)
Magnus Hagelsteen, Programme Director, MSc in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation. (lu.se)
Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation will be at- universityadmissions.se. (lu.se)
These data can be used to document changes over place and time, monitor vulnerable areas, and evaluate the results of local climate-adaptation strategies. (cdc.gov)

The Solomon Water team learning from the team at Goulburn Valley Water, May 2023. (awa.asn.au)

Farmers need to be in the driver seat, and Farmer-led Irrigation Development (FLID) is one of the solutions which holds the potential to build resilience of farming systems, including smallholders, whilst supporting governments to achieve their economic and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a changing climate. (worldbank.org)
The Program is contributing to regional water sector outcomes including improved climate resilient water management, asset management, low carbon futures, energy efficiency, incident management, and business resilience. (awa.asn.au)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19 million in new grant funding on September 7 that will work to improve the climate resilience of the nation's water infrastructure. (ngwa.org)
The EPA's Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability grant program will support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities that are working to prepare for, and reduce vulnerability to, impacts from climate change ranging from extreme flooding to extreme drought. (ngwa.org)
Eligible activities for funding include planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases drinking water system resilience to natural hazards. (ngwa.org)
Tracking data may be used to inform decision-making and policies that can help local communities assess vulnerabilities, estimate the burden, and build overall resilience against the effects of a changing climate. (cdc.gov)

The current season has experienced a more severe and unprecedented fall not seen for several years, and water levels in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers declined, and drought conditions are experienced in the rivers and lakes in Diyala Governorate. (ipsnews.net)
Co-author Professor Seifu Kebede (University of KwaZulu Natal) added: "This effort brought together extensive African knowledge with expertise from other countries to provide information to sustainably develop water resources and overcome some of the most pressing issues countries often face, such as drought, deprivation, and starvation. (ucl.ac.uk)
This, in turn, influences the entire annual water cycle and can lead to unpredictable extremes that swing from too little water, causing drought, to too much water, causing floods. (iaea.org)
In a commentary released in January last month, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) called for immediate action from world leaders to provide resources and funds to tackle what the researchers say is the "worst drought in a generation in East Africa. (ipsnews.net)
A defender of Iraq's southern marshlands was recently kidnapped amid extreme drought and fierce competition for water. (truthout.org)
Now the marshlands are disappearing once again under the compounding pressures of heat waves and drought fueled by climate change, and fierce competition for water between Iraq and its powerful upstream neighbors in Turkey and Iran. (truthout.org)
People need a reliable supply of water that keeps pumping through flood, drought and natural disaster. (wateraid.org)
And we help people monitor and manage their water supplies properly to meet their basic needs in times of drought. (wateraid.org)
The water balance of the watershed of Lake Kinneret and its consequent water level were significantly affected recently as a result of climate change resulting in 5 years in a row of severe drought. (scirp.org)
When drought develops, water levels fall, making river navigation harder and more expensive. (yahoo.com)
The 2022 flash drought occurred within a long-term trend in which annual minimum water levels on the lower Mississippi River have declined over the past century. (yahoo.com)
Second, the 2022 flash drought affected different areas than previous extreme low-water events. (yahoo.com)
In 2022 soil moisture levels were normal in the tributaries, but a flash drought developed in the central U.S. over the Mississippi River itself, increasing evaporation and reducing lower Mississippi River water levels. (yahoo.com)
The idea that the main stem of a large river like the Mississippi can experience low water even when its major tributaries are flowing at normal levels goes against conventional thinking about hydrologic drought. (yahoo.com)

The starkest assessment comes in the leaked study by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, and that releases reports every five or six years. (truthdig.com)
This development threatens nature, human life, livelihoods, habitats and also prosperity," said Portner, who co-chairs one of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientific reports the United Nations relies on. (ksat.com)

The strategic importance of ground water for global water and food security will probably intensify under climate change as more frequent and intense climate extremes (droughts and floods) increase variability in precipitation, soil moisture and surface water. (nature.com)
Their problem will be, among other things, floods, and finding ways to adequately channel and store water. (eponline.com)
Climate change may also alter the frequency and severity of extreme events, such as droughts and floods. (rand.org)
As Nebraska and the U.S. Midwest recover from devastating climate change-fueled floods, we speak with Lakota historian Nick Estes on how two centuries of indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming "Water is life. (democracynow.org)
East Africa has seen a cyclical climate crisis where a mix of floods and droughts has resulted in increasing calls for action from more affluent countries. (ipsnews.net)
We provide waterpoints and pipe networks that can withstand floods, so people continue to have clean and safe drinking water. (wateraid.org)
Climate change is already creating water issues around the globe via droughts, floods, and increasing water temperatures. (medscape.com)
Extreme weather events, such as coastal floods, hurricanes, and storm surges, can force coastal waters into inland areas, putting people that are exposed to these waters-especially evacuees who are older or have underlying health conditions-at increased risk for Vibrio wound infections. (cdc.gov)

Rich countries may be reluctant to recognise, in financial terms, that Africa is disproportionately affected by anthropogenic climate change, including through water-related impacts because they could expose themselves to liabilities for billions of dollars in loss and damage payments," said Nathan Mason, a research associate at the UK's Overseas Development Institute. (ipsnews.net)
Is anthropogenic climate change to blame, or is it simply random fluctuations in the climate system? (phys.org)

Climate change is causing large cities around the world to face water shortages. (wbur.org)
This would lead to a sharp decline in available groundwater supplies, which could mean an abandonment of boreholes and may even lead to drinking water shortages. (iaea.org)
In a February 2 media brief, UNICEF said in Ethiopia alone, 6.8 million people would need urgent by mid-March, while another 4.4 million face acute water shortages, citing three consecutive droughts. (ipsnews.net)
or helping communities monitor water levels so they can prepare for shortages. (wateraid.org)
says that the country's glaciers - mainly found in the Pamir Mountains that make up part of the Trans-Himalayan range - are retreating and could lead to greater water shortages and disputes in the wider region in the future. (oxfam.org)
The causes of this change in water availability pose an urgent question-and not only for those countries suffering from acute water shortages. (phys.org)

Thanks to the project, providing people, including the poor, with household-level access to sustainable, safe and potable drinking water supply through piped water-supply schemes and improved sanitation contributes to the improvement of their health and livelihoods. (worldbank.org)

Their analyses reveal underground sources are larger and more resilient to climate change than previously thought. (ucl.ac.uk)
This study indicates that groundwater in many regions could act as a sustainable solution to meeting this increased demand for freshwater that is resilient to climate change. (ucl.ac.uk)
Our research shows that in some of the poorest countries in the world, as little as $0.20 per person is spent each year on making water services climate resilient. (wateraid.org)
We have to think differently about how to achieve sustainable and resilient solutions, from water resources, conveyance, and industrial and municipal water to wastewater treatment, water reuse, stormwater management, and water infrastructure. (stantec.com)
Only by addressing climate change today can we create the resilient and sustainable communities of tomorrow. (stantec.com)
The Australian Water Association ( AWA ) , supported by the Australian Water Partnership (AW P ), is driving collective impact for a resilient and climate smart future through partnerships in Vietnam, Indonesia, and t he Pacific. (awa.asn.au)
This partnership, between Goulburn Valley Water and Solomon Water, is just one of six such international partnerships facilitated by AWA's International Development Program, funded by the Australian Water Partnership (AWP), as part of the Partnerships for a Resilient and Climate Smart Water Sector Program (The Program). (awa.asn.au)

The climate crisis has led to widespread lack of pastures, decimating livestock, and creating a humanitarian crisis. (ipsnews.net)
Experts say increased collective action by African countries is required if richer countries act with the urgency demanded by the continent's climate crisis. (ipsnews.net)
Observers say the climate and environmental crisis in Iraq is obvious far beyond the fertile southeast, where lakes and marshes control regional temperatures and prevent dust storms in an otherwise arid part of the world. (truthout.org)
The climate crisis is a water crisis - we must act fast. (wateraid.org)
The state may also increasingly turn to violence to force civil society to accept measures aimed at controlling the climate crisis. (tcf.org)

For Eastern Africa, a good example is the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) which has set up a common approach to addressing issues especially related to climate change," said Levis Kavagi, the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Africa Regional Coordinator for Ecosystems and Biodiversity. (ipsnews.net)
Water is the lifeblood of ecosystems and one of the most important natural resources for human beings. (phys.org)
Seneviratne adds: "Our study is the first to establish at a global level the connection between the water availability during dry seasons, which is so important to society and ecosystems, and human-induced climate change . (phys.org)

This map shows water temperatures today at the surface of the sea. (exploratorium.edu)
In California, according to scientific information compiled by the University of California, climate change will likely lead to higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and less snow pack to supply state and federal water projects. (rand.org)
The Middle East is now experiencing rising temperatures, which is one of the effects of climate change. (ipsnews.net)
As temperatures become more extreme due to climate change, the rate of evapotranspiration does too. (iaea.org)
In the coastal areas, we see sea level rises, sea water temperatures rise, which has a direct effect on biodiversity and marine life and the whole eco system," she said. (arabnews.com)
Globally, temperatures are rising, which means the weather is becoming more extreme, resulting in either too much or too little water. (wateraid.org)
This year's historic event in the Mississippi River watershed is evidence that climate change is altering large rivers as high temperatures increase evaporation and make soil more "thirsty. (yahoo.com)
Temperatures in the region have risen by 1.5 degrees Celsius , according to an analysis of data from the last century, marking MENA as the region facing the gravest climate disaster in the world. (aljazeera.com)
An ocean heat wave off Florida's coast is breaking records for water temperatures. (wmfe.org)
Water temperatures typically average about 88 degrees in the summer. (wmfe.org)
But atmospheric scientist Ben Kirtman says that what we've seen from climate change so far is that ocean temperatures can ratchet up and then plateau. (wmfe.org)
Urge healthcare professionals to consider V. vulnificus as a possible cause of infected wounds that were exposed to coastal waters, particularly near the Gulf of Mexico or East Coast, and during periods with warmer coastal sea surface temperatures . (cdc.gov)
Amid increasing water temperatures and extreme weather events (e.g., heat waves, flooding, and severe storms) associated with climate change [6], people who are at increased risk for V. vulnificus infection should exercise caution when engaging in coastal water activities . (cdc.gov)
This indicator shows modeled county-level data to look at projections of extreme daytime and nighttime temperatures to better understand how our climate is changing. (cdc.gov)

Scientists are now observing changes in ocean currents probably related to the changing climate. (exploratorium.edu)
However, what the scientists predict will be one of the starkest impacts climate change will have on water is the anticipated rise in sea levels around the globe. (eponline.com)
The Water Security and Climate Change conference (WSCC) is an annual event where scientists, policy makers and stakeholders from various sectors discuss the diverse facets of water security and its relation to climate variability and change. (unccd.int)
This documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Northern Europe, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems. (csum.edu)
To answer questions like this, water scientists use scientific models. (iaea.org)
With a well-calibrated and verified water balance model, scientists can get an accurate estimate of what to expect in the future, such as the impact of climate change on water resources a hundred years or more from now. (iaea.org)
GLASGOW - While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at. (ksat.com)
But as Earth scientists at the University of Memphis , we see this year's dramatic plunge in water levels as a preview of a climate-altered future. (yahoo.com)
As the scientists report in the current edition of Nature Geoscience , they reconstructed worldwide water availability in the driest month of years between 1902 and 2014 using climate models and new observations-based data. (phys.org)
Now, the El Nino weather pattern is partly to blame, but scientists say what's really supercharging the heat is climate change. (wmfe.org)
Even climate scientists say they were caught off guard by such a big spike. (wmfe.org)
Scientists predict that climate change will have devastating effects on freshwater and marine environments. (cdc.gov)

RAND researchers have worked with Southern California's Inland Empire Utilities Agency to help it identify vulnerabilities related to climate change in its long-term water plans and to evaluate its most effective options for managing those risks. (rand.org)

Figure 3: Global map of anthropogenic groundwater recharge rates in areas with substantial irrigation by surface water. (nature.com)
As sea levels rise, this will have unfortunate ramifications, including driving more salt water into freshwater streams and aquifers, which will endanger the water we are now using for drinking and irrigation for agriculture. (eponline.com)
Water insecurity in the region had also impacted international relations, with tensions arising over Ethiopia's building of the Renaissance Dam for irrigation and electricity generation without considering the significant effects on Egypt and Sudan. (ipsnews.net)
This water could sustain expanded irrigation to feed Africa's growing population. (ucl.ac.uk)
Modernization of irrigation systems enables more efficient water use while providing necessary services to farmers. (worldbank.org)
In many developing countries, investments to harness water resources for development have tended to focus on built infrastructure such as large dams for irrigation and hydro-electric power production. (polity.org.za)
Followed eventual climate change, management legislations were a reduction of water allocation for agricultural irrigation. (scirp.org)

As climate change amplifies, the aspiration is that accessible, skillful, and effectively communicated climate forecasts can help with climate change impact mitigation strategies. (scu.edu)
But our emphasis must always be on outcomes that result in long-term mitigation measures that ensure a sustainable future of our water environment-and the whole planet. (stantec.com)

It also speaks in favor of merging both agendas of water and climate, in order to ensure a total integration of water in the negotiations on climate change.The book also presents concrete actions in the water field to cope with the impact of climate variability, actions which have already been launched or are being implemented, including the Water for Africa initiative. (eldis.org)
When agencies draft their water-management plans, they commonly assume that their region's future climate and all its variability will be similar to that experienced over the past several decades. (rand.org)
The historical observation series, sometimes too brief and qualitatively inadequate, did not enable exclusion of natural climate variability as the cause of the changes observed. (phys.org)
2003 ). However, hydrological variability at the local scale is required for the assessment of the regional climate. (springer.com)

The 2014 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report says there is robust evidence that climate change will reduce renewable surface water and groundwater resources in most dry subtropical regions and that this will most likely intensify competition for water between sectors. (eldis.org)

Treidel, H., Martin-Bordes, J. L. & Gurdak, J. J. Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations (Taylor & Francis, 2012). (nature.com)
Overall, the world's oceans have kept the planet from experiencing the full effects of a changing climate due to their ability to absorb heat and carbon dioxide. (exploratorium.edu)
But climate change's oceanic effects could go, literally, much deeper than that-killing off creatures that live four miles down, in permanent darkness. (scientificamerican.com)
A greenhouse warming would have major effects on water supplies and demands. (usgs.gov)
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that has the aim of transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to adapt to the effects of climate change. (mdpi.com)
The Hydro-CH2018 project analysed the effects of climate change on Swiss water bodies. (admin.ch)
The report "Effects of climate change on Swiss water bodies" gives a concise overview of the results and is a gateway to further technical information and data. (admin.ch)
Reserves of groundwater in much of the populated parts of Africa are being replenished at rates that could help to protect communities against the damaging effects of climate change, finds a new study co-authored by UCL. (ucl.ac.uk)
For any country and climate, precision in these long-term water studies is important because an over or underestimation of future water supplies can have detrimental effects, said Dessie Nedaw Habtemariam, Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. (iaea.org)
New research on the Niger River Basin finds that the effects of climate change in the region are pervasive and that "latent conflict" between groups - though not physical violence - is common. (wilsoncenter.org)
New research on the Niger River Basin finds that the effects of climate change in the region are pervasive and that "latent conflict" between groups - disagreements and disputes over damage to farmland and restricted access to water, but not physical violence - is common. (wilsoncenter.org)
We're calling for an urgent tenfold increase in climate finance spent on getting sustainable, clean water to the people currently forced to live without, so they can cope with the effects of climate change. (wateraid.org)
The people of Tajikistan, many already feeling the strains of climate change, will be increasingly afflicted over the next 40 years unless immediate action is taken to mitigate the effects, according to a new report released today by Oxfam. (oxfam.org)
Lessening' will do less to slow the harmful effects of climate change than 'eliminating,'" former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati, an environmental researcher at the University of Colorado, said in an email. (ksat.com)
Amman, Jordan - Jordan, a country that is largely desert, is already feeling the effects of climate change. (aljazeera.com)
In Jordan, the effects of climate change are impacting the most vulnerable, in particular refugee communities. (aljazeera.com)
Those large numbers have taken a toll on Jordan's infrastructure, but Carlisle said she has seen the refugees working hard to combat the effects of climate change. (aljazeera.com)
Started in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour sends the message that everyone can be involved in reducing the effects of climate change. (pugetsoundblogs.com)
We were able to show that this global pattern of observed changes is consistent with the effects of human-induced climate change and highly unlikely to be the product of natural fluctuations," says Ryan Padrón, a postdoc in Seneviratne's group and lead author of the study. (phys.org)
They think all the hot water, which can fuel hurricanes, will cancel out the effects of the El Nino. (wmfe.org)
a national effort to protect the public's health from the harmful effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
The effects of climate - weather over long periods of time - on infectious diseases have been getting a lot of attention lately. (cdc.gov)
In this case, both positions are true but highlight the difficulties in communicating the complexity of health effects from climate change - especially when we try to isolate the effects of climate from other biologic, ecologic, or social changes that lead to changes in infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
These effects are most likely to be felt in tropical and semi-tropical countries which are least likely to be able to adapt to the changing climate. (cdc.gov)
The effects of recent climate change are already evident in the northward presence of Vibrio vulnificus infecting oysters in Prince William Sound, the tropical Cryptococcus gattii fungal infections in the Pacific Northwest, expansion of tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden, and suggestions of shorter respiratory syncytial virus seasons in the United Kingdom. (cdc.gov)
You will then use modelling scenarios to study global and regional climate change and their potential effects on e.g. (lu.se)
One of the direct effects of climate change is, of course, an increase in ambient temperature in the Arctic. (cdc.gov)
While all communities are vulnerable to health effects associated with climate change, not everyone is equally at risk. (cdc.gov)

With beverage companies, 90 percent or more of their raw materials is water,' says Nick Martin, the head of the sustainability practice at Antea Group, an international engineering consulting firm. (foxbusiness.com)
The Stantec Institute for Water Technology & Policy explores the real-world impacts of a changing climate on the sustainability of water and the role of emerging technologies in water science and policy. (stantec.com)
The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that population growth and poor environmental governance might pose bigger threats than climate change to the sustainability of Asian and African deltas, in particular. (lu.se)

To sustainably deliver quality water to all our communities whilst making strategic water infrastructure investments that facilitate human and economic development To provide universal, safe and affordable water security Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the sustainable utilization natural resources and protection of the environmental degradation. (wikipedia.org)
From 2011 to 2017, the project invested in water management infrastructure - river and sea dykes, sluices, and dredging of secondary and tertiary canal systems - to protect and enhance the utilization of water resources in project provinces of the Mekong Delta to sustain gains in agricultural productivity. (worldbank.org)
A combination of measures including awareness raising, water resources management planning, etc. were designed to create the needed water management infrastructure and to increase the institutional capacities at all levels to cope with increasing saline intrusion, variable flow regimes and growing competition for water resources. (worldbank.org)
While a great deal of Rome's water is wasted as a result of ancient water infrastructure that, as one observer pointed out, leaks like a sieve, what most experts are pointing to as the main culprit is climate change. (eponline.com)
This means greater water stress in summer [because the water has been lost to evaporation, poor storage or infrastructure, or has already been used], a trend already in evidence in parts of the western U.S. (eponline.com)
However, not far from modern cities, large investments in water infrastructure left out vulnerable communities (e.g. lower income and BIPOC communities), and rising costs have made a connection to functioning water systems ever more elusive. (scu.edu)
Governments are grappling with other climate change issues, as well, including how to maintain infrastructure damaged by more cataclysmic storms. (truthdig.com)
Our goal was to understand the bottlenecks to introducing natural infrastructure solutions in water management and development strategies, and to identify solutions to address them. (polity.org.za)
She said that lack of adequate infrastructure in rural areas created added risks for women trying to find water for their families. (arabnews.com)

Climate change destabilizes communities by adding uncertainty and stress, Vernon said, and when a community is already vulnerable, the impacts of those uncertainties and stresses are amplified and the potential for conflict is greater. (wilsoncenter.org)
Twenty years after a United States-led coalition invaded and occupied Iraq, the country is facing cascading environmental crises and was recently declared the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate disruption. (truthout.org)
But nowhere near enough government money is invested in helping people most vulnerable to climate change. (wateraid.org)
Several characteristics make Iraq uniquely vulnerable to climate-related violence. (tcf.org)

Now, many of us might believe what is happening right now in Italy, and more specifically in Rome, is similar to the ups and downs in water supplies and precipitation that have occurred in California, Atlanta, and in a few other areas in the United States during the past few years. (eponline.com)
Water balance models describe the water cycle in terms of precipitation, evapotranspiration, stream flow and changes in water storage. (iaea.org)
Climate change was indicated by: Higher periodical frequency of negative SPI Values (Standard Precipitation Index), decline of Precipitation regime and River flow inputs that was followed by decline of Lake Kinneret WL and Elevation of ET regime. (scirp.org)
Soil can hold water from previous months of precipitation, providing flow to rivers that delays the onset of declines downstream. (yahoo.com)
Stream flow in the lower Mississippi can be slow to respond to changes in precipitation, since water must travel long distances to reach the region. (yahoo.com)
But available terrestrial water -that is, the amount of water left from precipitation after evaporation-is not just distributed unevenly across the planet, it is also changing over time. (phys.org)

At the same time water resources have been subject to increasing stress from other factors - manufacturing, agricultural activity and domestic use being the most obvious - and these demands are projected to increase with populations rising and urban expansion accelerating in water-scarce areas. (eldis.org)
Climate change is expected to affect crop production worldwide, particularly in rain-fed agricultural regions. (worldbank.org)
A recent public dispute has indicated contradicted conclusions as causation for WL decline in Lake Kinneret: 1) Enhancement of Agricultural water consumption in the Upper Jordan Watershed and 2) Climate change - aridity enhancement. (scirp.org)
Consequently, a called for severe limitation of agricultural water allocation and consumption in the watershed were implemented aimed at protection of lake inflow capacities. (scirp.org)
Water supply for agricultural maintenance was all along the history of the regional settlement major national concern. (scirp.org)
The present survey is aimed at the understanding of the reasons for WL decline in Lake Kinneret: Climate Change or agricultural consumption. (scirp.org)
All of these factors cause agricultural decline, a collapse of food chains, and an increase in harmful human activities-from the government and individuals-as people try to cope with the impact of climate change. (tcf.org)
Iraq uses a great deal of water for agriculture, but does so inefficiently-excessive water use does not translate into high agricultural productivity. (tcf.org)
Clinicians should consider a patient's water source as part of their evaluation, particularly in rural areas, where agricultural and animal runoff may affect water quality. (medscape.com)

Regional Climate Change studied during 1950-2019 aimed at enhancement of aridity was indicated recently in the Lake Kinneret (Israel) watershed. (scirp.org)

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is a government ministry, responsible for water resources management, rural development, climate and environment in Zimbabwe. (wikipedia.org)
It oversees: Zimbabwe National Water Authority District Development Fund Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority Environmental Management Agency formerly Department of Natural Resources The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is a state-owned company which was formed in 2000 guided by the terms of the ZINWA Act (Chapter 20:25). (wikipedia.org)
This vulnerability is exacerbated by human activities leading to inadequate management and degradation of water resources. (worldbank.org)
The science documenting the impact of climate change on water resources is strong. (eldis.org)
A mapping tool that helps identify global water risk for companies, investors and government agencies, Aqueduct is constantly updated with peer-reviewed academic data, and information from the U.S. space agency NASA, United Nations agencies and scientific centers around the globe, helping companies and communities plan their growth around the expected development of water resources. (foxbusiness.com)
A user can screen the globe for everything from the physical risk that water resources may dry up over a given time frame, to the risk that governments may interfere with a company's water use. (foxbusiness.com)
In addition, western water agencies will continue to face many other difficult planning challenges, such as anticipating future water needs and sustainably managing such local and regional resources as groundwater basins. (rand.org)
The WSCC is an initiative of the ' Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation - exceed ' program, and has been implemented since 2016 under the auspices of the Centers for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) and the Sustainable Water Management in Developing Countries (SWINDON) network. (unccd.int)
In 2021, WSCC is convened by the Vietnam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR) in Hanoi. (unccd.int)
Climate change is altering the entire water balance, especially the seasonal distribution of water resources in the water bodies and groundwater. (admin.ch)
by the nonprofit World Resources Institute, warns that more than a quarter of the planet's food production comes from "highly water-stressed areas," according to Salon's coverage of the study . (truthdig.com)
The 2030 Water Resources Group forecasts that under business-as-usual conditions, water demand will rise 50 percent by 2030. (truthdig.com)
The Water Resources Data System at the University of Wyoming, in conjunction with the Wyoming Water Development Commission , is pleased to announce the launch of The Wyoming Water and Climate Explorer . (uwyo.edu)
The Explorer allows users to visualize different water and climate data resources in specific geographic regions, and then retrieve information related to that area. (uwyo.edu)
The goal of this mapping portal is to allow Wyoming's water users and managers to find as much information they can, in one spot, on one of our state's most precious resources. (uwyo.edu)
The IAEA's isotope-enabled water balance model can help experts accurately and reliably predict the impact of climate change on water resources far into the future. (iaea.org)
Among these is the IAEA's isotope-enabled water balance model, which can help experts accurately and reliably predict the impact of climate change on water resources far into the future. (iaea.org)
Underestimation, on the other hand, could lead to unnecessarily stringent water policies or influence development decisions, such as hampering urban expansion due to a lack of water resources. (iaea.org)
For these long-term studies of over 100 years or more, getting accurate results using other water balance models has been a major challenge, said Tricia Stadnyk, Associate Professor of water resources engineering at the University of Manitoba in Canada. (iaea.org)
Through this grant, the World Resources Institute will also promote the concept of tying new coal projects in water-stressed areas to comprehensive environmental impact reviews. (hewlett.org)
She said that the government had put together several long-term strategies - among them an integrated water resources management and efficiency road map, in addition to enacting a national water law that provided a legal framework for water governance, rights and protections. (arabnews.com)
Climate uncertainty could mean an increase in conflicts as tensions arise over scarce resources, like water. (ipsnews.net)
Yet, as climate uncertainty upends water availability in Africa, researchers say conflicts arise among local communities and across borders over access to scarce water resources. (ipsnews.net)
While the perpetrators and their motives remain under investigation, colleagues suspect the kidnapping is related to Al-Asadi's work with one of Iraq's most precious resources - not oil but water. (truthout.org)
There could even be a dangerous ripple effect across Central Asia, with countries throughout the region potentially wrestling over dwindling water resources in coming decades," said Andy Baker, Oxfam Tajikistan's Country Director. (oxfam.org)
But until now it has been impossible to prove a direct effect of global warming on available terrestrial water resources over recent decades. (phys.org)
In order to determine how water availability changed over time, the researchers compared the reconstructed water resources of the years 1985 to 2014 with those of the first half of the 20th century. (phys.org)
Correct estimation of soil loss at catchment level helps the land and water resources planners to identify priority areas for soil conservation measures. (springer.com)
Climate change is an important factor in the present scenario for planning and management of water resources. (springer.com)
Estimating crop evapotranspiration (ET a ) is an important requirement for a rational assessment and management of water resources. (lu.se)
1 In line with resolution WHA69.19 (2016) on the global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030, a health workforce impact assessment was carried out for the draft WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change (see https://www.who.int/hrh/documents/B144_HRH-links_160119-climate.pdf, accessed 16 January 2019). (who.int)
Water Resources Management: International Aspects (7.5). (lu.se)

The currents bring warmer-than-expected climates to places like Britain and cause cool summers along the U.S. West Coast. (exploratorium.edu)
a warmer atmosphere can hold more water, roughly four percent more for every one-degree increase in temperature. (eponline.com)
MARTÍNEZ: And warmer water can't be good news for ocean life. (wmfe.org)
V. vulnificus bacteria thrive in warmer waters-especially during the summer months (May to October) and in low-salt marine environments like estuaries . (cdc.gov)

Many water balance models do a very good job at simulating the flow of water in streams, rivers and other water bodies, but are very bad at getting the amount of evapotranspiration right," she said, referring to the process of evaporation of water from land and the movement of water from plants to the atmosphere. (iaea.org)

According to UNICEF, nine out of 10 children live in areas with high or very high-water stress, resulting in significant consequences for their health, cognitive development, and future livelihoods. (ipsnews.net)
Without any doubt, climate change has obvious consequences and impacts, especially in remote areas," the Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Hneifat, told Al Jazeera. (aljazeera.com)

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) - In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire activities, and provide $13.6 billion in new aid for Ukraine, sending the $1.5 trillion bill to President Joe Biden's desk for signature. (ens-newswire.com)
Sharm El Sheikh, Nov 17 2022 (IPS) - The Middle East and North Africa are the world's most water-scarce regions - with 11 of the 17 water-stressed countries on the globe. (ipsnews.net)
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE , Feb 14 2022 (IPS) - When years ago warnings were sounded that future wars would be fought not over oil but water, the predictions were dismissed as alarmist. (ipsnews.net)
According to 2018 data, 14 of the 17 most water-stressed countries globally were in the region, including the top six (FAO, 2022). (unicef.org)
In 2022, water levels in some of the world's largest rivers, including the Rhine in Europe and the Yangtze in China , fell to historically low levels. (yahoo.com)
The Program began with a comprehensive scoping phase at the end of 2022, with AWA working with peak water associations in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Pacific to identify water utilities in Australia and internationally that would make strong candidates to join the Program as partners. (awa.asn.au)

These climate change impacts on water are complex and affect different regions in different ways. (eldis.org)

Increasing freshwater withdrawals are required across Africa to expand access to safe water, irrigated agriculture and livestock watering in pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 6 (Water and Sanitation for All), among several others (1,3,5,10,11). (ucl.ac.uk)
Building on previously successful international utility partnerships designed and facilitated by AWA, the Program provides a unique opportunity for members of AWA and its international partners to address common water sector challenges and work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region. (awa.asn.au)

I was recently interviewed for a Focus Earth episode on infectious diseases and climate change . (cdc.gov)
My question is how this climate change will affect the infectious diseases of our wildlife. (cdc.gov)

But, when it comes down to understanding what impact efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change will have the IPCC found that the complexity of these relationships between water, environmental and human factors means that the "tools to understand and manage these interactions remain limited. (eldis.org)

Hazards caused by the extremes of climate in the Alaskan waters were mentioned. (cdc.gov)

This project seeks to create and expand tools for state planners, academics, and NGOs to quantify the water risks and trade-offs that come with developing Western China's massive coal reserves. (hewlett.org)
We can clearly show that many risks are not linked to climate. (lu.se)

A freshwater glacial body of water, Lake Champlain lies between the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Green Mountains of Vermont - 125 miles long from the Canadian province of Quebec south to Whitehall, New York. (ens-newswire.com)
Now climate change is resulting in less rain for agriculture and a decline in the quality of freshwater reserves due to saltwater transfer to fresh aquifers and increased pollution concentrations. (ipsnews.net)
Naegleria fowleri is a climate-sensitive, hot water-loving ameba found in freshwater lakes and hot springs that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an almost universally fatal disease. (medscape.com)

This is one of the topics that water experts discussed during the IAEA's International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology , which took place on 20 to 24 May in Vienna, Austria. (iaea.org)

The complex interdependencies between climate change, water and other social and environmental factors present a challenge for researchers and policy makers. (eldis.org)
Building on RAND's long experience in strategic planning and climate change, as well as on the latest advances in uncertainty management, RAND researchers have deployed new decision-support methods that can help water agencies identify near- and long-term actions that can perform well over a wide range of plausible future conditions. (rand.org)
Researchers say these displacements have led to conflicts among communities over water. (ipsnews.net)
In this pattern, the researchers found the fingerprint of climate change. (phys.org)
Researchers are studying the best ways to lessen climate change and reduce its impact on our health. (medlineplus.gov)

BASF has been included in the group of globally leading companies (leadership level) for corporate water security and climate action in 2019 by non-profit organization CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project). (basf.com)
In 2019, BASF has expanded the definition of water stress areas: Since then, regions are included in which more than 40% of available water is used by industry, household and agriculture. (basf.com)
The full list of companies that rank in this year's CDP Water Security A List is available here along with an overview of all the ranks that have been assigned by CDP in 2019. (basf.com)
In decision EB142(5) (2018), the Executive Board at its 142nd session requested the Director-General inter alia to develop a draft comprehensive global strategy on health, environment and climate change, to be considered by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly in May 2019, through the Executive Board at its 144th session in January 2019. (who.int)

Impact of water withdrawals from groundwater and surface water on continental water storage variations. (nature.com)
It is not clear what impact climate change will have specifically on underground water sources, but what we do know: "rising water competition and stress at the surface are likely to drive greater use and overuse of this resource. (eponline.com)
They discussed ways to decrease the impact of climate change in Morocco. (arabnews.com)
Bakhouch said that children also lacked adequate health care due to the impact of climate change in the regions. (arabnews.com)
However, the overall level of water stress of a country does not provide a full picture of the risk and impact on the country and its people, including children. (unicef.org)
Moreover, the level of water stress does not provide information about a country's readiness to manage the impact of water stress. (unicef.org)
To understand climate change's impact, it's important to look at some of the common ways these diseases spread-through mosquito and tick bites, contact with animals, fungi, and water. (cdc.gov)
It makes for great television and offers an opportunity to educate and engage the public about the health impact of climate change. (cdc.gov)
In view of this, WHO is working closely with health authorities, United Nations agencies and other partners to implement the national contingency plan to minimize the impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon and respond to any potential health emergencies. (who.int)
The mission highlighted WHO's commitment to support the overall emergency preparedness and response effort to the health impact of El Niño climate phenomenon in Somalia. (who.int)

While several of us have been focused on the soap opera in Washington, Italian government leaders have been dealing with a much more severe issue: water, or lack thereof. (eponline.com)
This has unintentionally made low-water events more severe. (yahoo.com)

These immense surfaces of water are constantly evaporating, creating the rainclouds and storm systems that power the world's weather. (exploratorium.edu)
Our changing climate is making life harder for the world's poorest people already struggling to get clean water. (wateraid.org)
Our climate is changing at an alarming rate and it's making it even harder for the world's poorest people to get clean water. (wateraid.org)
More than half the world's population is still exposed to unsafely managed water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene, resulting in more than 800 000 preventable deaths each year. (who.int)

Climate change also posed a threat to economic growth-particularly to communities relying on agriculture as their main source of income. (worldbank.org)
The tension between crop production and available water supply is already great, as agriculture currently accounts for more than 70 percent of all human water withdrawal. (truthdig.com)
The food-water tension won't just be felt by agriculture, either. (truthdig.com)
Up to now, these were regions in which more than 60% of available water is used by industry, household and agriculture. (basf.com)
Today, people in southern Iraq still rely on the two famed rivers - and the marshy waterways they feed - for transportation and agriculture, but the water is increasingly polluted and drying up. (truthout.org)

At project appraisal, Vietnam's vulnerability to climate change made sustained availability of clean water a concern in the Mekong Basin. (worldbank.org)
Llaunched by the Morroccan government at COP22 in Marrakech, the blue book aims to raise international awareness on the vulnerability of water in the context of climate change and the urgency of action. (eldis.org)
In every community examined in the study, climate-induced vulnerability led to some kind of conflict. (wilsoncenter.org)

For climate change predictions, this is a huge problem because one of the big things we look at is evapotranspiration. (iaea.org)
More often than not, however, that conflict took the form of disagreements, or "latent conflict," rather than violent conflict - a reason for optimism in the face of dire predictions that an era of climate wars is upon us. (wilsoncenter.org)

In Marrakech in 2016, water finally took centre stage in the conference proceedings with a dedicated "Action Day for Water" and the launch, by the Moroccan Government, of the Water and Climate Blue Book. (eldis.org)
The project was treated as a priority theme within the National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS). (admin.ch)

A starting point in trying to address water issues in the context of climate change is to try to identify and understand the interdependencies between climate change, the water cycle and other demographic, economic, environmental, social and technological forces. (eldis.org)
A presentation by Khalid K. Osman , an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University, offered a societal-technical system approach to the provision of water and sanitation, focusing on how to center justice in the decision-making process to move from inequality toward equality, equity, and justice. (scu.edu)
An interdisciplinary roundtable with members of Environmental Studies and Sciences along with Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering followed Dr. Osman's presentation and considered what is the path forward towards water justice. (scu.edu)
Published in the journal Environmental Research Letters , the study has revealed that the long-term groundwater recharge (the rate at which groundwater is replenished) in Africa is approximately 15,000 cubic km per decade - enough to sustain widespread groundwater pumping for drinking water and irrigatation for farming. (ucl.ac.uk)
Fatna Ikrame El Fanne, an environmental engineer and climate activist, said that the Moroccan government had recently started paying attention to the issue. (arabnews.com)
As longtime researcher of the social costs of climate change and a former environmental program director at the UN, Lonergan has traveled to Iraq frequently since the mid-2000s to study and revive the marshlands. (truthout.org)
The environmental trait and water quality protection of Lake Kinneret and its watershed is essential. (scirp.org)
Watching Our Water Ways Environmental reporter Christopher Dunagan discusses the challenges of protecting Puget Sound and all things water-related. (pugetsoundblogs.com)
The idea that Iraq could be consumed by climate-related violence may as yet seem speculative, but the environmental facts on the ground are dire enough to raise the alarm. (tcf.org)
This is part of a wider pattern of global environmental change, for example the rapid loss of biodiversity and ecosystem stability, which undermine food and water security, protection from extreme weather, and the discovery of new medicines. (who.int)
Students come from all over the world and from various ac- processes of change such as climate change, urbanisation, ademic disciplines, such as engineering science, social science, and the increasing complexity of modern society poses major political science, natural science and environmental science. (lu.se)

Water revenues to Iraq's rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, dropped for the third season in succession. (ipsnews.net)
Water levels have plummeted to historic lows in the once-mighty Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq's main sources of fresh water. (truthout.org)

It is perhaps surprising then that, until Paris in 2015, water management as a topic had been conspicuously absent from the climate change negotiations and the Paris Agreement still failed to mention water in any substantive way. (eldis.org)
Under the least-cost management scenario the drier climate could add nearly $105 billion to the estimated costs of balancing supplies and demands relative to the costs without climate change. (usgs.gov)
This analysis has proved very helpful to IEUA and can easily be adapted to address the challenges that other water-management agencies face. (rand.org)
This rapidly changing, difficult-to-predict environment poses a major challenge for many water-management agencies. (rand.org)
The aim of this Special Issue is to accumulate the latest knowledge on water management practices, to support CSA in arid and semi-arid regions. (mdpi.com)
BASF is introducing sustainable water management at all relevant production sites. (basf.com)
You can find more information about BASF's water management here . (basf.com)
In recent years, the Moroccan government has enacted a number of policies that are aimed at improving water management and availability within the country," she said. (arabnews.com)
Climate change is pushing us to put carbon management front and center of every solution in the water space. (stantec.com)
Both will pose significant challenges for water supply and flood management. (ppic.org)

The climate projections of these two GCMs have very different implications for future water supplies and costs. (usgs.gov)
When Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) was looking recently to assess the risk to vital supplies of barley, a key ingredient in Budweiser beer, the company needed a swift, easy way to calculate current and future supplies of water to barley-growing regions across the world. (foxbusiness.com)
Because with clean water, they can stay disease free, go to school, earn a living and be better prepared for whatever the future brings. (wateraid.org)
These actions outline the circular economy, the core of a sustainable future in which water plays a central role. (stantec.com)
Increased swings between extreme lows and highs on the Mississippi River, driven by climate change, mean that typical water conditions are no longer the norm, and that river transport is likely to face more backups in the future. (yahoo.com)
The Program is part of AWA's International Development Program which, with support from the Australian Government, connects AWA's international partners with Australian knowledge and expertise to build sector strength and drive a sustainable water future for all in our region. (awa.asn.au)
The SDSM model (Wilby and Dawson 2007 ) applies multiple linear regression for future climate change analysis. (springer.com)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the most water-stressed region in the world. (unicef.org)

Maha Rashid, Middle East managing committee member for Blue Peace, which works for water cooperation among borders, sectors, and generations to foster peace, stability, and sustainable development, says the situation in the region is dire. (ipsnews.net)
With increasing demand in all sectors, some regions of the world, such as northern China, are already scrambling to find enough water to run their economies. (truthdig.com)
African countries are already providing more funding to their water sectors than donor countries," Alex Simalabwi, Global Water Partnership's Africa Coordinator, told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
An in-depth analysis of the enabling environment within the water and climate sectors was undertaken in 14 MENA countries. (unicef.org)

Negotiators from almost 200 nations were making a fresh push Friday to reach agreements on a series of key issues that would allow them to call this year's U.N. climate talks a success. (ksat.com)

Pastoralists are forced to travel farther to bring their herds to water, while farmers are expanding their cropland to feed growing populations , reducing the pathways available to herders and their livestock. (wilsoncenter.org)

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