Exploring the Role of Reservoir Storage in Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change in Southern Europe

Recent trends suggest that streamflow discharge is diminishing in many rivers of Southern Europe and interannual variability increasing. This threatens to aggravate water scarcity problems periodically arise this region, because both effects will deteriorate the performance reservoirs, decreasing their reliable yield. Reservoir storage key infrastructure overcome enhance availability semiarid climates. paper presents an analysis role reservoir preserving under climate change scenarios. The study focused on 16 major European basins. Potential was calculated these basins current condition for 35 different climatic projections period 2070–2100. results show expected reduction comparable decrease mean annual flow with large capacity. For small storage, larger than flow. Additionally, a sensitivity carried out by replicating assuming variable volumes from 25% 175% storage. increasing capacity attenuates reduces its uncertainty projections. feature would allow managers develop suitable policies mitigate impacts change, thus enhancing resilience system.