South Asia Climate Change Risks in Water Management

Abstract

Appendix 1 Water and Climate Change instruments reviewed ii LIST OF BOXES Box 1.1-Economic Cost of Climate Change in South Asia Box 1.2-Groundwater and Drought and Climate Resilience Box 2.1-The IGB aquifer has immense natural storage Box 2.2-Climate Variability and Climate Change Box 3.1-Seasonal Estimates of Irrigation Water Demand in South Asia Box 3.2-South Asia is the world's top exporter of groundwater Box 4.1-Seasonal Estimates of Irrigation Water Demand in South Asia Box 4.2-Bangladesh flooding Box 5.1-The main elements of South Asia's water resources management strategy Box 5.2-Some of the key features of IWRM Box 5.3-Possible IWRM Activities to Respond to Climate Change Box 6.1-Informing Change in the Indus Basin Box 6.2-ICIMOD and Climate Change Box 7.1-Regional cooperation is a critical element in adaptation Box 8.1-The Decision Tree Approach and application to Upper Arun Hydropower project Box 9.1-The Rufiji Basin Plan, Tanzania Box 9.2-Adaptation Options for Groundwater Box 9.3-Improving Flood preparedness Box 12.1-Improving resilience to droughts iii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank

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