Water and adaptation to climate change: consequences for developing countries
Global warming is confronting developing countries across the globe with enormous challenges not of their own making. The impacts of a warming world are now threatening to set back progress in improving the quality of life for billions of people. Water resources are likely to be impacted early and strongly in many countries; developing countries, however, are the most vulnerable. This publication demonstrates the strong and diverse hydrological impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities of development countries, for example for the up to 250 million people being exposed to increased water stress in Africa as early as 2020.
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