Building Climate Change Adaptation Scenarios with Stakeholders for Water Management: A Hybrid Approach Adapted to the South Indian Water Crisis

Regional climate change scenarios and their impacts on water requirements for wheat production in Iran

We simulate the effect of climate change on water requirements of cold seasonwheat in various climatic zones of Iran. The research considers both observedclimate (temperature and precipitation) changes during recent decades (1960-2009)based on instrumental records and projected future changes to 2100 based on theMAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 compound model. 20 General Circulation models are usedbased on a...

Climate Change in California: Scenarios for Adaptation

The Public Policy Institute of California is dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research on major economic, social, and political issues. The institute's goal is to raise public awareness and to give elected representatives and other decisionmakers a more informed basis for developing policies and programs. The institute'...

Crop Water Requirements in Cameroon’s Savanna Zones Under Climate Change Scenarios and Adaptation Needs

The ‘ mainstreaming ’ approach to climate change adaptation : insights from Ethiopia ’ s water sector

There is scientific agreement in the latest report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): anthropogenic climate change is already occurring and even if greenhouse gas concentrations are stabilised, global warming and sea level rises will continue for centuries – the result of climatic processes and feedbacks (Solomon et al., 2007). These changes in the Earth’s physical syst...

Drinking water vulnerability to climate change and alternatives for adaptation in coastal South and South East Asia

Drinking water in much of Asia, particularly in coastal and rural settings, is provided by a variety of sources, which are widely distributed and frequently managed at an individual or local community level. Coastal and near-inland drinking water sources in South and South East (SSE) Asia are vulnerable to contamination by seawater, most dramatically from tropical cyclone induced storm surges. ...