Assessing climate change impacts on the quantity of water in Alpine regions: Foreword to the adaptation and policy implications of the EU/FP7 “ACQWA” project

Beniston, Martin; Stoffel, Markus; Hill, Margot; Quevauviller, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.009

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Assessing climate change impacts on the quantity of water in Alpine regions: Foreword to the adaptation and policy implications of the EU/FP7 “ACQWA” project

ContributorsBeniston, Martin; Stoffel, Markus; Hill, Margot; Quevauviller, Philippe

Published inEnvironmental science & policy, vol. 43, p. 1-4

Publication date2014

Abstract

This paper provides a short introduction to the special issue of ‘‘Environmental Science and Policy'' dedicated to policy issues emerging from the large integrating European ‘‘ACQWA'' project. This 5-year research project focused on upstream–downstream links related to water resources in mountains where snow and ice are a major component of the hydrological cycle – and thus extremely vulnerable to climatic change. Contributions to this special issue explore issues of governance in different socio-political contexts (Europe, Chile, Kyrgyzstan), and for environmental and economic sectors that compete for water, such as freshwater ecosystems, agriculture or energy (hydropower).

Keywords

Climate change
Water resources
Management
Governance
Alps

Affiliation entities

Centres et instituts / Institut des sciences de l'environnement

Research groups

Funding

European Commission - Assessment of climatic change and impacts on the quantity and quality of water [212250]

Citation (ISO format)

BENISTON, Martin et al. Assessing climate change impacts on the quantity of water in Alpine regions: Foreword to the adaptation and policy implications of the EU/FP7 “ACQWA” project. In: Environmental science & policy, 2014, vol. 43, p. 1–4. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.009

Article (Accepted version)

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PID : unige:34396
DOI : 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.01.009

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1462901114000227

Journal ISSN1462-9011

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