SOCECOL E8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Global Warming, Government Accountability Office, World Health Organization
26 May 2016
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Global warming and water shortage: between 75 million and 250 million in africa projected to suffer from water shortages. Climate change will aggravate the water stress currently faced by some countries, while some countries that currently do not experience water stress will become at risk of water stress (very high confidence). Climate change and variability are likely to impose additional pressures on water availability, water accessibility and water demand in africa. Chronic water shortages in california: chronic water shortages in california. This is the vision state water planners have for. California: chronic water shortages by the year 2020. Increasing competition among farmers, cities and the environment for supplies. An area nearly the size of riverside taken out of irrigated farming. City dwellers increasingly will be required to conserve. More water will be transferred from farms to cities. More costly reservoirs and canals must be built to carry water and store it against drought needs.
