Beyond Downscaling : A Bottom-Up Approach to Climate Adaptation for Water Resources Management

Abstract

This report focuses on how we achieve
 water sustainability over long timescales - decades, even
 centuries from now. These timescales are important and
 relevant to our decisions about planning, infrastructure,
 and institutions today. Many of the methods we use to manage
 water, directly or indirectly, commit us to future decision
 pathways and restrict us from making other, alternative
 decisions. Across the first four chapters, this report
 describes the challenges of including climate change in
 water management decision-making and provides an overview of
 current practices in the adaptation field. After considering
 the pros and cons of these practices, the book concludes
 with a framework for an adaptation approach supported by
 Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA).