Beyond Downscaling : A Bottom-Up Approach to Climate Adaptation for Water Resources Management

This report focuses on how we achieve water sustainability over long timescales - decades, even centuries from now. These timescales are important and relevant to our decisions about planning, infrastructure, and institutions today. Many of the met...

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Main Authors:	Garcia, L.E., Matthews, J.H., Rodriguez, D.J., Wijnen, M., DiFrancesco, K.N., Ray, P.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AIR ALLOCATION ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE RISKS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA BASES CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE CYCLES CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE FORECASTS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODEL PREDICTIONS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS CLIMATE PARAMETERS CLIMATE PATTERNS CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE PREDICTION MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RESPONSE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SENSITIVITIES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE SHIFTS CLIMATE SIGNAL CLIMATE SIGNALS CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE SPACE CLIMATE STRESS CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATE VULNERABILITY CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATE-RELATED VULNERABILITIES CLIMATES CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC STRESSORS CO COLORS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONVERGENCE COST-BENEFIT DECISION PROCESS DEEP UNCERTAINTY DEFORESTATION DESALINATION DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DROUGHT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC MODELS ECOSYSTEM EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME SCENARIOS FINANCIAL DECISION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD RISK FLOODS FLOW REGIMES FOG FOREST FOREST FIRES FOSSIL FUELS FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GHG GLACIAL PERIODS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GWP HYDROLOGIC MODELS HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES HYDROLOGIC VARIABLES HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES HYDROLOGICAL STATISTICS HYDROLOGY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR WATER INITIAL INVESTMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS IPCC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAKES LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LOCAL CAPACITY LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE METHANE MONSOONS NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY NATURAL WATER RESOURCES OSCILLATIONS POPULATION GROWTH PP PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PRESENT VALUE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RAIN REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RIVER BASIN RIVERS SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING SCIENTISTS SENSITIVITY ANALYSES STOCHASTIC PROCESS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE FORCING TEMPORAL RESOLUTION TROPICAL CYCLONES UNCERTAINTIES UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER CLIMATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODIES WATER CONSERVATION WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT DECISION WATER MANAGERS WATER POLICY WATER PRICING WATER PROJECTS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WEATHER PATTERNS
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