Climate Change and Access to Water Resources in the Lake Victoria Basin
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2010
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Th e Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has, as indicated elsewhere
in this publication, concluded that climate change and variability have the
potential to impact negatively on water availability, and access to and demand
for water in most countries, but particularly in Africa.1
Climate change is expected
to alter and hence bring changes to the hydrological cycle, temperature
balance and rainfall pattern. Th is has wide-ranging implications since water is
one of the most important of all natural resources for socioeconomic, cultural,
political and environmental development. It is a commonly used resource and
hence a fundamental economic asset for sustainable development. Water is required
in an adequate and sustainable supply for domestic, farming (livestock
and agriculture) and industrial use, and other environmental functions on all
spatial and temporal scales. It is estimated that globally 70 per cent of water
withdrawn is used for irrigated agriculture, 20 per cent for industry and the
remaining 10 per cent for other uses including domestic use
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Mwiturubani, D.A., 2010. 4Climate change and access to water resources in the Lake Victoria basin. ATE CHANGE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFLICTS IN AFRICA, p.63.