Climate Change Impacts On Water Resources Environment

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Climate Change Impacts On Water Resources Environment
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Executive summary
The importance associated with water use is immense on the society as well as the ecosystem.
The People rely on clean water supply to sustain health, for agriculture, production of energy,
recreation, manufacturing and navigation. The various use of that water put pressure on the water
resource but stresses on the use of water is projected to increase due to changes in change. water
pollution resulting from climate change has increased the demand of water by reducing water
supply sources. The drastic shift between water use and water pollution have been a serious
challenge to meet the requirements of the growing population as well as agriculture, energy
producers and the sensitive ecosystem. In some areas, climate change has caused increase in sea
level rise and runoff. Human activities have been the main driver of climate. Deforestation and
burning of fossil fuel have increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Therefore, it is of
significance that mitigation and adaptive measures be taken to minimize climate change.
Promoting of clean energy use and reducing fossil burning are some of the measures to minimize
the severity of climate change. As much as the effects of climate are minimized, countries and
individuals should use water efficiently to reduce water stress.

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Table of Contents
Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Environment.........................................................................4
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Anthropogenic Causes of Climate Change..............................................................................................4
The Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources..................................................................................6
Adaptation and Mitigation Measure of Climate Change..........................................................................8
Influencing Policy.................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................13
References.................................................................................................................................................13

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Climate Change Impact on Water Resources Environment
Introduction
The change in climate has resulted to predominant environmental risks that are disturbing
the comfort of the world in the 21st century. In the last decade, climate change has been the most
contentious environmental issue in the ecology of politics. The greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere have been responsible for climate change which has in turn influenced water balance
due to changes in temperature, rainfall and evapotranspiration rates (Bodnar and De Graaff,
2013). The changes of climate change can have detrimental effects on water resource
availability.
Previously, climate varied naturally and scientists identified natural causes to be the
prime cause of short as well as long-term variability. The changes in the energy output from the
sun, the earth surface reflectivity, volcanic eruptions occurrence and the distribution of land and
ocean due to tectonic plate movement are the natural causes of climate (Bodnar and De Graaff,
2013). Initially, CO2 concentration changes and other greenhouses in the atmosphere have been
associated with the increase in climate change. Human activities are primary cause of greenhouse
gases accelerated through the burning of fossil fuel. Presently, the concentration of carbon
dioxide is likely to rise faster than the previous 20,000 years (Douglas et al., 2008). It is
projected climate change will rely on the number of greenhouse gases emitted in future.
Anthropogenic Causes of Climate Change
In most cases, climate change is governed by the influence of nature but human activities
also have an impact on it. The key impacts on climate are exerted through greenhouse gas
emission by humans. Another activity that influences climate is deforestation. Forests safeguard
the earth by absorbing a large amount of CO2 which contribute immensely to greenhouse gas that