Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

For better or worse, climate change is certain to become a growing pre-occupation of waterprofessionals around the world. Increasingly, water resources management is about reconcilingdifferent and changing water uses and demands. Conventional water resources management hasbeen shown to have its weaknesses by being too inflexible to address the current challenges facingthe sector. In this respect, adaptation to climate change can be viewed as an opportunity toreinforce the trend towards greater flexibility in the way water use is managed and planned. Itcan be a positive force that strengthens existing and new efforts to innovate water management.As such, even the most sceptical water professional would be well advised to learn more aboutsuccessfully adapting to climate change.Snow and ice cover on Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993Snow and ice cover on Mount Kilimanjaro in 20003