Water Balance from Space: Promoting climate resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands

摘要

While climate models differ significantly in their predictions of the magnitude and trajectory of future climate change, there is little argument that the global climate is changing. Many parts of the world may not see large impacts, but those who will suffer the most are typically those who are least equipped to adapt to the increasing amplitude in climatic swings - toward both the dry and wet ends of the hydrologic spectrum. Rural societies practicing subsistence agriculture often do not have adequate adaptive capacity to see themselves through times of drought or sufficient advanced warning of impending flooding to take proper precautions. When times get rough, environmentally risky decisions are often made (e.g., farming in marginal lands, deforestation).