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2. Impact of climate change on the water cycle
Water is the resource that humans need to survive, and that human societies need to develop their socio-economic activities. In other words: no water, no development!
Of the 1.4 billion km 3 of water on our blue planet, we like to point out that freshwater accounts for only 2.6%, of which 2% is glacier water. That leaves 0.6% actually available. What's more, this 0.6% can be broken down into 0.58% groundwater and 0.02% surface water. Surface freshwaters, which are often the most accessible to users, therefore account for the smallest share of terrestrial freshwater.
Beyond the natural spatial and temporal variability of water distribution, the impact of climate change, again according to the IPCC, concerns all compartments of the water cycle, i.e. precipitation, snow and glaciers, evapotranspiration...
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Bibliography
Websites
Cliwasec, European project cluster for the climate change/water/safety nexus http://www.cliwasec.eu/home/home.php
CORDEX, Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment for the World Climate Research Programme https://cordex.org/
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COP21 (Conference of Parties 2015) of the United Nations : Paris Climat 2015, France officially named host country of the 21st climate conference in 2015 http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Les-enjeux-de-la-conference- de.html
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European Water Framework Directive no. 2000-60 of December 20, 2000, establishing a framework for water management at the river basin scale.
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