Climate change and water variability : do water treaties contribute to river basin resilience ? (English)

Climate-driven water variability is a natural phenomenon observed across river basins, but predicted to increase due to climate change. Environmental change of this kind may aggravate political tensions, especially in regions that are not equipped with an appropriate institutional apparatus. This paper argues that attempts to assess the ability of states to deal with variability in the future rests with considering how river basins with agreements...

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Dinar,Shlomi;

Katz,David;

De Stefano,Lucia;

Blankespoor,Brian;
Document Date
2016/10/11
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7855
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/10/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Climate change and water variability : do water treaties contribute to river basin resilience ?
Keywords
intergovernmental panel on climate change

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Dinar,Shlomi; Katz,David; De Stefano,Lucia; Blankespoor,Brian.

Climate change and water variability : do water treaties contribute to river basin resilience ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7855 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/209901476193940390

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