Climate Change and Water Security

Climate change is going to make changes in the water security:

Many of the world’s most water-stressed areas will get less water, and water
flows will become less predictable and more subject to extreme events.
Among the projected outcomes:

 Disruptions to monsoon patterns in South Asia, with the potential for

more rain but also fewer rainy days and more people affected by
drought.
 The disruption of food production systems exposing an additional 75–
125 million people to the threat of hunger.

 Rising sea levels resulting in freshwater losses in river delta systems in

countries such as Bangladesh, Egypt and Thailand.
 Projections for rainfed areas in East Africa point to potential
productivity losses of up to 33% in maize and more than 20% for
sorghum and 18% for millet.
 Accelerated glacial melt, leading to medium term reductions in water
availability across a large group of countries in East Asia, Latin
America and South Asia.