Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia : Background Paper on Water Supply and Sanitation
In general, the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA) is predicted to become wetter and warmer as a result of climate change, with more frequent weather extremes (drought, floods, heatwaves, and winter squalls). While in general precipitation in the...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291741484810278219/Adapting-to-climate-change-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia-background-paper-on-water-supply-and-sanitation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25986 |
| Summary: | In general, the Europe and Central Asia
Region (ECA) is predicted to become wetter and warmer as a
result of climate change, with more frequent weather
extremes (drought, floods, heatwaves, and winter squalls).
While in general precipitation in the region is low, around
40 percent is converted to runoff – higher than in any other
region. Changes in runoff patterns are likely to be
significant across much of the region, with increases in
much of the Russian Federation and decreases in most other
sub-regions. Overall the outlook for the region is one of
increasing uncertainty and extremes in weather events with
northern areas becoming wetter and warmer and southern areas
drier. This paper is written from the perspective of the
utility manager or municipal and government planner. It
examines the increasing risk and uncertainty facing
utilities in the ECA region and explores some of the
potential responses and resources available. It is based on
a short literature review which draws on three broad bodies
of literature: the first deals with climate change and
adaptation in general and provides useful information about
likely impacts in the ECA region and generalized policy
responses; the second deals with adaptation in water
utilities. This literature tends to have little explicit
analysis pertaining to the ECA region; and the third
examines the performance and operating options of utilities
in the ECA region but which tends to have little explicit
analysis on the impacts of climate change. |
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