Climate Change Sittaung River

The study uses a Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model and five CMIP5 GCMs to project climate impacts on the Sittaung river basin. Findings indicate that while increased riverine flows will likely benefit domestic water supply and hydropower generation, unmet agricultural demands for food production are expected to increase.

• Future climate projections for the Sittaung river basin indicate an increase in average temperature and rainfall, with December and January becoming drier and warmer, and rainy months becoming wetter and warmer.
• Riverine flows at the basin outlet are projected to increase from a baseline of 1091 m3/s by 7–10% in the near future (2021–2050) and by 16–19% in the far future (2051–2080).
• Climate change is expected to have divergent impacts across sectors: unmet domestic demand (baseline 1.3 MCM) should decrease by approximately 50%, and total energy generation from nine hydropower projects (baseline 4.12 million MWh) is expected to increase by 9–11% in the near future and 16–17% in the far future; conversely, unmet agricultural demand (baseline 667 MCM) is estimated to increase by 11–15% in the near future and 14–19% in the far future.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Climate Change Sittaung River. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-sittaung-river/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate Change Sittaung River. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-sittaung-river/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022climate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate Change Sittaung River}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-sittaung-river/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }