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| Water and Climate Change: An Overview from the UN World Water Development Report |
| Author: 系统管理员Source: Updated: 2009-12-08 |
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The UN World Water Assessment Program would like to share with you a number of new publications addressing Water and Climate Change, produced in anticipation of the COP 15 discussions. These new publications draw from the findings of the UN World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World (2009). The Implications of Climate Change on Water ?Highlights on Climate Change from the WWDR3by Jim Winpenny, for the World Water Assessment Programme, November 2009 [8 pages, PDF 612 KB] Drawing on the evidence presented in the WWDR3, this paper restates the mounting evidence in many regions of the impact of climate change on the earth抯 hydrological cycle, in the form of increased frequency of floods and droughts and changes in long term trends in precipitation. Water is being heavily affected by climatic changes already under way and what matters for water is adaptation measures to enable it to cope with these changes. This paper reviews what this implies for different water services, water resource management, water-related hazards, data collection and monitoring, education, awareness, capacity building, and other necessary responses. Special Report: Water and Climate Change ?An Overview from the WWDRby Joana Talafre and Friederike Knabe, for the World Water Assessment Programme, November 2009 [28 pages, PDF 2.73 MB] This special report brings together messages on water and climate change from the WWDR3 Water in a Changing World. The WWDR3 shows that changes in our water resources are shaped to a great extent by a number of key externalities, among them climate change, and that decisions taken far from the conventionally defined water sector have a tremendous influence on water resources and how they are used or misused. Additionally, UN-Water presented its key messages on water and climate change as a contribution to COP 15 in the following document: UN-Water Key Messages on Climate Change and Water[PDF 314 KB] UN-Water Presents Key Messages on Water & Climate Change for COP 15. Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth's ecosystems and therefore people抯 livelihoods and well-being. Climate change adaptation, therefore, is mainly about water. On November 3 UN-Water presented its key messages on water & climate change as a contribution to COP 15 in Copenhagen this December. Lastly, over the past year a number of publications addressing water and climate change have been released through WWAP抯 Side Publications series: Water Adaptation in National Adaptation Programmes for Action Freshwater in Climate Adaptation Planning and Climate Adaptation in Freshwater Planning Confronting the Challenges of Climate Variability and Change through an Integrated Strategy for the Sustainable Management of the La Plata River Basin Water and Climate Change: Citizen Mobilization, a Source of Solutions Freshwater biodiversity versus anthropogenic climate change Climate Changes, Water Security and Possible Remedies for the Middle East A Multi-Model Experiment to Assess and Cope with Climate Change Impacts on the Ch鈚eauguay Watershed in Southern Quebec Water and Climate Change in Quebec |
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