FutureWater Impact of Climate Change & Formulation of Adaptation Strategies Water, Climate, Food, and Nature Walawe Basin, Sri Lanka Ronald Loeve
FutureWater ADAPT Selected River Basins
FutureWater Walawe Basin
FutureWater Walawe Trends
FutureWater Walawe Trends (cont.) Annual temperature > 1% different from long term
FutureWater Walawe Trends (cont.) Hadley A2
FutureWater Impact: Total Food Production Rice
FutureWater Impact: Yield
FutureWater Adaptation Strategies Field scale - Rice Base line Short Season Reduced Irrigation Hadley A2
FutureWater Adaptation Strategies Business as usual Food focused Environment focused Industry focused Mix
FutureWater Adaptation strategies Food focused Irrigation applied Irrigation applied Cropped area Cropped area
FutureWater Food Adaptation: irrigation
FutureWater Food Adaptation: cropped area
FutureWater Adaptation: irrigation + area Hadley A
FutureWater Adaptation: irrigation + area Hadley A
FutureWater Adaptation Strategies Environment focused Irrigation applied Irrigation applied Cropped area Cropped area
FutureWater Adaptation: irrigation + area Hadley A
FutureWater Adaptation: irrigation + area Hadley A
FutureWater Food Environment QuantitySecurity
FutureWater Conclusions Three adaptations Business as usual (Impacts) Business as usual (Impacts) Food Food Environment Environment Adaptation strategies: Can have negative impact on other sectors Can have negative impact on other sectors Models as tool for scenario analysis Basin Basin Field Field Means are less important than extremes Overall Climate Change positive for Walawe
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