“Global water risks and the climate adaptation challenge” by Prof Jim Hall

When:
March 5, 2015 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2015-03-05T17:00:00+00:00
2015-03-05T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
Oxford Martin School
34 Broad Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Caroline Corke
01865616593

Climate change will impact upon freshwater resources in severe and often unpredictable ways. The impacts of climate change are compounded with increasing human demands for water and vulnerability to floods and droughts. Water institutions and infrastructure are targets for adaptation action.

Professor Jim Hall, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Resource Stewardship, will ask what is the nature and scale of adaptation that might be required, and what are the limits to adaptation?

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