Not exact matches
Water availability: Intact tropical forests ensure the stability of local and
regional weather, generating more rain than cleared forests and thereby reducing the risk of drought.
Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices,
Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of
regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and
water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of
regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.
The U.S. DoD is specifically confronting the issue of
regional vulnerabilities and security implications to extreme weather events and climate change, in terms of food,
water and energy security, and the impacts of disruptions or longer term decreases in per capita
availability.
Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices,
Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of
regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and
water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of
regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.
Retreat of mountain glaciers is a significant contributor to sea - level rise and a potential threat to human populations through impacts on
water availability and
regional hydrology.
This is especially true for smaller (seasonal and
regional) scales and weather and climate extremes, and for important hydroclimatic variables such as precipitation and
water availability.
The
regional plans developed to date include a broad examination of health needs - including analysis of the underlying determinants of health such as the quality and
availability of housing, environment issues (e.g. clean
water supply and adequate sanitation) and adequate employment and education opportunities.
A first in Alberta, the Alberta Nexus Project analysed strategic plans as well as existing watershed and industry data within the Bow River Basin to create an interactive simulation that shows the influence of future
water demand on overall
water management and
availability on a
regional basis.