Water Markets - Economic Instruments to Manage Scarcity

A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 2: Water availability and scarcity

A global water scarcity assessment for the 21st century was conducted under the latest socio-economic scenario for global change studies, namely Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). SSPs depict five global situations with substantially different socio-economic conditions. In the accompanying paper, a water use scenario compatible with the SSPs was developed. This scenario considers not only qu...

Using economic instruments to

Air transport has become a vital component of the global economy. However, greenhouse gas emissions from this sector have a significant impact on global climate, being responsible for over 3.5% of all anthropogenic radiative forcing. Also, the accrued visibility of aircraft emissions greatly deteriorates the public image of the industry. In this context, incentive-based regulations, in the form...

A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 1: Water use

A novel global water scarcity assessment for the 21st century is presented in a two-part paper. In this first paper, water use scenarios are presented for the latest global hydrological models. The scenarios are compatible with the socio-economic scenarios of the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs), which are a part of the latest set of scenarios on global change developed by the integrated a...

Water access, water scarcity, and climate change.

This article investigates the approaches of the various discourses operating in the water sector and how they address the issues of scarcity and equitable access under projected climate change impacts. Little synergy exists between the different approaches dealing with these issues. Whilst being a sustainable development and water resources management issue, a holistic view of access, scarcity ...

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