Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in the Awash Basin, Ethiopia

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From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
9 January 2019
Country:
Ethiopia
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Climate and Environment and Water and Sanitation
First published:
30 November 2018
Authors:
Taye, M. T., Dyer, El., Hirpa, F. A. and Charles, K.

Abstract

Rapid growth of agriculture, industries and urbanization within the Awash basin, Ethiopia, as well as population growth is placing increasing demands on the basin바카라 사이트™s water resources. In a basin known for high climate variability involving droughts and floods, climate change will likely intensify the existing challenges. To quantify the potential impact of climate change on water availability of the Awash basin in different seasons we have used three climate models from Coupled Models Inter-comparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) and for three future periods (2006바카라 사이트“2030, 2031바카라 사이트“2055, and 2056바카라 사이트“2080).

This work was supported by the UK Department for International Development as part of the 바카라 사이트˜REACH Improving Water Security for the Poor바카라 사이트™ programme

Citation

Taye MT, Dyer E, Hirpa FA, Charles K. Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in the Awash Basin, Ethiopia. Water. 2018; 10(11):1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111560

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