By Peter H. Gleick
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2007. Model projections of an imminent transition to a more arid climate in southwestern North America. Science 316: 1181–1184. , and Mader, N. 2001. Constructing “not implausible” climate and economic scenarios for Egypt. Integrated Assessment 2: 139–157. D. 2000. How well can international water allocation regimes adapt to global climate change? Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 15: 423–449. pdf (accessed December 30, 2009). TKK & SEA START RC. 2009. Water and Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin: Diagnosis and Recommendations for Adaptation.
Given these differences, each agreement must be evaluated independently. Natural Resources Canada, for example, evaluated the potential impacts of climate change and the implications for existing treaties and agreements in each of its shared river basins (Bruce et al. 2003). For each basin, they developed a short list of immediate actions for improving these agreements in the face of climate change. In the Columbia River Basin, for example, Natural Resources Canada recommends shortening the period between operating rule revisions for flood management (the current treaty revises these rules every five years) as a way to regularly review changing circumstances.
Water Resources Development 23(4): 625–640. , and Naik, N. 2007. Model projections of an imminent transition to a more arid climate in southwestern North America. Science 316: 1181–1184. , and Mader, N. 2001. Constructing “not implausible” climate and economic scenarios for Egypt. Integrated Assessment 2: 139–157. D. 2000. How well can international water allocation regimes adapt to global climate change? Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 15: 423–449. pdf (accessed December 30, 2009). TKK & SEA START RC.