Efectos Del Cambio Climático

The impact of climate change on the
hydrological cycle. Water security
Dr. Felipe Arreguín

National Autonomous University of Mexico
Regional Centre for Water Security-UNESCO
México
Talk outline
1.- Impact of climate change on the

hydrological cycle. Mexico case.
2.- Water-related challenges.
3.- Water security
4.- What are we doing. Mexico case.
5.-Knowledge and technology.
6.- Proposal.
38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

July 2019
2.32
Eighteen of the 19 warmest years all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998.
The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.
July 2019, the warmest month on record for the globe!!!

Climate
change
World Economic Forum

Impacts on the hydrological cycle
Elevation of the sea level More intense and frequent severe storms
Reduction or loss of perennial ice, or Droughts more severe and long-lasting

periodic snow with respect to current thresholds
More frequent and intense heat Increasing destructiveness of tropical

waves cyclones

Mexico vulnerable by its geographical location

Historical paths of hurricanes
HURACANES
Atlántico desde 1851
Pacífico desde 1949

Water

Water-related challenges. UN
•2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water

services.
•4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services.
•80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being

treated or reused.
•340,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal

diseases.
•Water scarcity already affects four out of every 10 people.

Water-related challenges. UN
•90% of all natural disasters are water-related.
•Around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers do not

have a cooperative management framework.
•Agriculture accounts for 70% of global water withdrawal.

Energy
and
water

Water-energy challenges. UN
•2.5 billion people have unreliable or no access to electricity
•Energy and electricity consumption will increase over the

next 25 years in all world regions
•By 2035, energy consumption will increase by 50%, and the

increase the energy sector's water consumption by 85%

Agriculture
and water

Water-agriculture challenges. UN
•The world population will grow from to 8.3 billion in 2030 and to
9.1 billion in 2050. The main challenge facing is making 70% more
food available on the plate.
•Roughly 30% of the food produced worldwide – about 1.3 billion

tons - is lost or wasted every year.

Water-agriculture challenges. UN
•Producing 1 kilo of beef used some 15,000 litres. This dietary

shift is the greatest to impact on water consumption over the
past 30 years.
•Agriculture contributes to climate change through its share of

greenhouse gases emissions.
•South Asia and Southern Africa will be the most vulnerable

regions to climate change-related food shortages by 2030.

Water
security

Additionally…
263 transboundary lake and river basins cover

almost half the Earth’s surface.
145 States have territory in these basins, and 30

countries lie entirely within them.
There are approximately 300 transboundary

aquifers, serve the 2 billion people who depend
on groundwater.
National Program Against Drought

National Program Against Floods

International Water Treaty Mexico, United States
ESTADOS UNIDOS
MEXICO
ICTWorks

Water security
The ability of populations to safeguard, at basin level, access

sustainable water in adequate amounts, and with appropriate
quality for sustain the health of people and ecosystems and
promoting the means of life, human well-being and socio-economic
development, as well as for ensure the effective protection of lives
and property during water disasters, such as floods, landslides,
land subsidence, and droughts.

Center for Global Water Security
(Proposal)
Motivate the action - focus the dialogue on public policies, models and
practices and initiatives of civil society towards the Water security and
ODS; and
Serve as mediator of the financing and the execution - promoting

efforts to mobilize financial resources and investment to increase, for
ODS water, even through new strategies of funding and implementation.

Centro Regional de Seguridad Hídrica, UNESCO
Regional Centre for Water Safety, UNESCO

¡We must understand
that our planet works
very differently than it
has for the last 50
years.
And we don't have

another!

¡Thank you!
Dr. Felipe Arreguín
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Regional Centre for Water Security-UNESCO
México

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The impact of climate change on the

hydrological cycle. Water security

Dr. Felipe Arreguín

1.- Impact of climate change on the

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

July 2019, the warmest month on record for the globe!!!

World Economic Forum

Reduction or loss of perennial ice, or Droughts more severe and long-lasting

More frequent and intense heat Increasing destructiveness of tropical

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

World Economic Forum

•2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water

•4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services.

•80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being

•340,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal

•Water scarcity already affects four out of every 10 people.

•90% of all natural disasters are water-related.

•Around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers do not

•Agriculture accounts for 70% of global water withdrawal.

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

World Economic Forum

•2.5 billion people have unreliable or no access to electricity

•Energy and electricity consumption will increase over the

•By 2035, energy consumption will increase by 50%, and the

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

World Economic Forum

•Roughly 30% of the food produced worldwide – about 1.3 billion

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

•Producing 1 kilo of beef used some 15,000 litres. This dietary

•Agriculture contributes to climate change through its share of

•South Asia and Southern Africa will be the most vulnerable

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

World Economic Forum

263 transboundary lake and river basins cover

145 States have territory in these basins, and 30

There are approximately 300 transboundary

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

The ability of populations to safeguard, at basin level, access

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

Serve as mediator of the financing and the execution - promoting

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

Regional Centre for Water Safety, UNESCO

And we don't have

38th IARH. Wold Congress. Felipe Arreguín. UNAM. México.

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