The Co-operative Programe on Water and Climate (CPWC)
It is now widely accepted that climate change will lead to an intensification of the global hydrological cycle and will have a major impact on regional water resources. It is also clear that, in many parts of the world, variability in climate conditions, next to many socio-economic and environmental developments, is already having major impacts and that such variability is increasing. Both present variability and long-term climate change impacts are most severe in the developing world, and particularly affect the poor in these regions.
Why CPWC?
Knowledge of variations in climatic patterns at different time scales and the human and ecological impacts is essential to the sustainable management of the World's fresh water resources. Part of the problem for water managers is that there has been little interchange with the climate community. The Co-operative Programme on Water & Climate (CPWC) builds bridges between these divided disciplines, from the local up to the global level. Through increasing awareness of the issues and of potential solutions, the CPWC also seeks to set in motion social and political processes that will lead to the eventual adoption of coping strategies and 'best practices'.
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