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GWSP research supports global assessments of water, and the development of adaptation strategies with the appropriate scientific basis. GWSP coordinates and supports a bold research agenda to understand this complex system with its interactions between natural and human components and their feedbacks. GWSP aims to address the central research questions:

- how are humans changing the global water cycle, the associated biochemical cycles, and the ecosystem function of the global water system?

- what are the socio-economic and environmental feedbacks arising from these changes?

While science driven, the Joint Project on the Global Water System will provide policy-informing results, specifically targeting issues pertaining to the global aspects of environmental change that are of high interest to water managers worldwide. GWSP will provide strategies for policy-informing research on human dimensions underpinned by political discourse, global observing systems, model simulations, and by delivering tailored products for water managers on all continents.

Reference information

Websites:
http://www.gwsp.org/
Source:

funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of creation:

2014

Keywords:
global water system, water cycle, water management
Climate impacts:

Droughts, Flooding, Ice and Snow, Storms, Water Scarcity

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios

Sectors:

Biodiversity, Urban, Water management

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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