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Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security

07.11.2022

Changes in the mountain cryosphere impact on water security of downstream societies and resilience of water-dependent ecosystems and their services. However, assessing mountain water security still requires better understanding of the complex interaction between glacial meltwater and coupled human-natural systems. In this context, this article calls for a refocusing from glacio-hydrological monitoring and modelling to a more integrated social-ecological perspective of the wider catchment hydrology. This shift requires locally-relevant knowledge production strategies, and integrating of such knowledge into a collaborative science-policy-community framework. This approach, combined with hydrological risk assessment, can support the development of robust, locally tailored and transformational adaptation strategies.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00996-4

Read "Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security" in Nature Sustainability