"You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe."
"You take the red pill and
you stay in Wonderland and I'll show you how deep the
rabbit-hole goes."
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37. One study suggests that although global water conditions may
worsen by 2025 due to population pressure, climate change could have a
net positive impact on global water resources.
NB! Note that other studies indicate that with present consumption
patterns, 2 of every 3 persons on Earth will experience water stress
by 2025.
The diagram on the left side shows the result of this particular
study, indicating the water availability for the population. It should
be noted that the study is based on runoff characteristics obtained
for one particular climate scenario. Another macroeconomic study (not
shown here) based on three climate scenarios led to similar conclusion
for the Asian continent while suggesting that in Europe changed
climate conditions will be associated with some decrease per capita
water availability.
The diagram on the right-hand side shows a projection of the
population living in increased and decreased water stress under three
different CO2 emission scenarios in the 2080s.
Climate change is likely to have the greatest impact in countries with
a high ratio of relative use to available supply. Regions with
abundant water supplies are unlikely to be significantly affected,
except for the possibility of increased flooding. Paradoxically,
countries that currently have little water (e.g. those relying on
desalinization) may be relatively unaffected.
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