Mali NCAP project: Mali Case Study 2
The methodological approach can be summarized as follows:
Bibliographical study
Documenting the climate scenario envisaged for Mali and predicting the impacts on water resources in the...
Mali NCAP Project
Community Meeting in Massabla
IntroductionLike many sub-Saharan countries, Mali already experiences the effects of severe droughts and rainfall variability, leading...
Lessons learned from Mali NCAP Project
Recommendations
An analysis of water resource availability, its evolution, and the demand from all sectors, confirmed the existence of a supply higher than demand. Nonetheless, deficits...
Water Evaluation and Planning System (WEAP)
An example WEAP screenshot
WEAP ("Water Evaluation And Planning" system) is a user-friendly software tool that takes an integrated approach to water resources...
Key findings from Yemen NCAP Project
The key results and findings for the Yemen NCAP project are presented for each case study site following a brief overview of characteristics of each site. The discussion of key findings covers...
Using Indigenous Knowledge to Adapt to Climate Change in Bolivia
The flooding that devastated the Amazonian department of Beni in 2008 was the worst in at least fifty years, affecting 118,000 people and around three quarters of the total surface area of...
Adapting to Drought
Like other Sub-Saharan countries, Mali has been subject to an unprecedented drought since the seventies. To seek solutions to such problem, different studies were conducted under the NCAP...
Integrating Climate Adaptation into National Policy
The main lesson learned in the NCAP Guatemala project pertain to assessing the appropriate points of engagement for introducing climate change considerations into policy setting and...
Water Scarcity
The main goal of the Yemen NCAP project was to mainstream priority adaptation activities that would build resilience against increasing water scarcity among vulnerable communities, sectors...
WEAP & Google
The Sierra Nevada Mountains, California's "water tower" (Source: Chelys, 2009)
California's vulnerability to climate change is largely related to water supply. This...
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