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Cyprus water resources - Planning and climate change adaptation

TitreCyprus water resources - Planning and climate change adaptation
Type de publicationConference Proceedings
Année de publication2008
AuteursTsiourtis NX
Journal Water, wetlands and climate change - Building linkages for their integrated management
ÉditeurIUCN
Mots-clésadaptation, changement climatique, Chypre, climate, climate change, Cyprus, impact, management, Méditerranée orientale, Mer Méditerranée, ressource en eau, water resource
Résumé

Because of climate change and its immediate impact on the reduction of the natural water resources availability, the Government of Cyprus has set up a Drought Management Committee with the responsibility of implementing measures to mitigate the adverse effects from drought and also water scarcity problems. In parallel to this, realizing the need for additional water, the Government decided to introduce seawater desalination for augmenting the water availability and increasing the reliability of water supply from the existing Government Water Projects.