strategy
Countering adverse impact of climate change on water resources
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends developing and initiating response strategies to counter the adverse effects that are identified, including changing groundwater levels, and to mitigate saline intrusion into aquifers. Facilitates:
Assessing impact of climate change on water resourcesInstituting integrated management of water catchments Facilitated by:
Assessing costs of climate changePromoting strategic environmental impact assessmentDeveloping early warning public health information systems for climate change Subjects:
Climatology → Climatology Hydrology → Water
Resources → Resources
Strategy → Strategy
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
