Two different measures of exposure to water resources stress are calculated, based on resources per capita and the ratio of withdrawals to resources. Using the first measure, the Mitigation scenario avoids 8–17% of the impact in 2050 and 20–31% in 2100; with the second measure, the ...
Lack of attention to metagovernance and a misplaced trust in the water market has left rural people and communities vulnerable to significant stress and disaffection, impacting on their resilience and adaptability to change. A partnership model of governance is suggested to guide climate change ...
1 Challenges of Water Stress and Climate Change in the Himalayan River Basins Collaborative Dialogue Process First International Workshop, Kathmandu, 6-7 August 2009 Contact Person Ms. Ilmas Futehally, Executive Director, Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai Email: initiatives@vsnl.com, Tel: +91 22 ...
Many major cities across the globe are at risk of a water crisis, and water stress is projected to increase in most countries in the coming decades, threatening regional stability and raising the possibility of forced migrations. In addition, the issue of water availability is not just a human...
When our framework is applied to southeastern Australia we find that, for some combinations of climatic change and water demand, the region could experience water stress similar or worse than the epic Millennium Drought. We show considering only the influence of future climate on water supply, and...
water stress projectionsWorld map of projected water stress by country in 2040 under business-as-usual scenarios. As water resources becomescarce, there are increasing problems with fair water allocation. Governments may be forced to choose between agricultural, industrial, municipal, or environmental in...
As climate change and increasing human use of the oceans put growing strain on marine ecosystems, noise abatement presents a relatively tractable policy option to help reduce the cumulative burden of anthropogenic pressure on Earth’s marine habitats. Acknowledgements The proposals presented in this pape...
Resource stress and subsistence diversification across societies. Nat. Sustain. 3, 737–745 (2020). Article Google Scholar Carvalho, S. C. P., Santos, F. D. & Pulquério, M. Climate change scenarios for Angola: an analysis of precipitation and temperature projections using four RCMs. Int....
would be increased water stress. One simulation showed water consumption increasing by 42 percent across the U.S. by the year 2100, a lot of which would go to growingbioenergy crops. This would be an example, they claim, of green policies causing morewater stressthan climate change itself. ...
The climate crisis is increasingly altering water availability even in generally water-rich areas like Germany, where overall water stress is currently low1. Nevertheless, hot and dry summers in recent years (especially 2018–2020) led to ongoing exceptional droughts2,3 with severe consequences for ...