Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: The Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: The Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective
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评估气候变化对水资源的影响：撒哈拉以南非洲的视角
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2015
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X. Xue
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Suinyuy Derrick Ngoran;Kingsley E. Dogah;X. Xue
这项工作清楚地描绘了气候变化对撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）水资源的影响，并展示了非洲大陆这一地区的人口对水的重视程度与对生命的重视程度一样。由于气候变化，撒南地区水资源恶化，产生了许多负面影响，例如粮食不安全加剧、跨界冲突和健康问题加剧等社会经济后果。虽然撒南非洲国家对这一全球问题的严重性贡献不大，但它们必须承担一些严重后果。必须向受气候变化影响最严重的脆弱社区提供援助和手段，使其经济多样化，并制定适应气候变化的措施。在指挥和控制政策及监管措施之外，强调基于市场的方针福尔斯属于能够减轻气候变化不利影响的积极措施。尽管已经确定了一些战略来帮助撒南非洲国家科普气候变化对水资源的影响，但没有一种单一的方法足以解决这些问题。由于许多影响是主观的性质，通过应用综合方法的整体方法，在应对气候变化的挑战，在撒哈拉以南非洲的恳求。因此，更多地了解撒哈拉以南非洲-气候变化-水资源的相互联系将为积极应对这一情况提供很好的见解，并为撒哈拉以南非洲的可持续水资源管理铺平道路。关键词：水资源，气候变化，撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）
This work paints a clear picture of the impacts of climate change on water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and showcases that the population in this section of the continent value water as much as they value life. Deteriorating water resources in SSA due to climate change have numerous negative ramifications, such as increasing food insecurity, transboundary conflicts and rising health problems among other socioeconomic consequences. While SSA countries have contributed little to the magnitude of the global problem, they stand to bear some of the serious consequences. It is imperative that the most affected vulnerable communities with climate change be given assistance and the means to diversify their economies and develop adaptive measures to climate change. Looking beyond command and control policy and regulatory measures, emphasizing on market-based approaches falls within proactive measures that can mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. Despite the number of strategies that have been identified to help SSA countries cope with the impacts of climate change on water resources, no single approach is adequate to address the problems. Since many of the impacts are subjective in nature, the holistic approach via the application of integrated methods is much solicited in addressing the challenges of climate change in SSA. Therefore, shedding more light into the SSA-climate change-water resources interconnection will provide great insight to proactively address the situation and pave the way for sustainable water resource management in SSA. Keywords: Water resources, climate change, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)