Towards an integrated assessment of water security under global change in the Americas

The initiative focuses on the arid Americas, specifically addressing water scarcity driven by climate change and human demands. It emphasizes the strategic importance of groundwater and the need for shared methodologies to assess aquifer depletion and agricultural water use, which accounts for 70% to 90% of water consumption in the region.

• Water security in the arid Americas is threatened by a combination of human and natural drivers, including population growth, agricultural intensification, land use change, and climate change.
• Groundwater is increasingly used as a strategic resource to manage hydroclimatic variability and drought, which in some areas has resulted in aquifer depletion and risks to ecosystem services and human use.
• Agriculture is the primary driver of water consumption in the arid Americas, utilizing between 70% and 90% of the region's water.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2013). Towards an integrated assessment of water security under global change in the Americas. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_005.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Towards an integrated assessment of water security under global change in the Americas. 2013. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_005.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2013towards, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Towards an integrated assessment of water security under global change in the Americas}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2013}, month = sep, url = {https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/CRA_005.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }