Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat

Theme
Climate Change
Goals
Climate Change
Programs
Basin-wide Program
Ownerships
Nile Basin Initiative

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Climate  Proofing  Manual
Authors
NBI
Date Of Publication
Accessibility status
Open Access
Language
English
Type
Manual
Abstract

This manual provides orientation for systematic climate proofing of infrastructure investments. Countries in the Nile Basin invest billions of dollars in durable water infrastructure such as dams, irrigation canals, wells, and others to provide services to people. Often, planners and policy makers do not take future climate change sufficiently into account when planning new infrastructure or rehabilitating an existing infrastructure project. This leads to high risks of insecure and volatile service provision and physical damage to costly investments, with potentially serious economic, political, and social consequences such as loss of livelihood and loss of lives. Building infrastructure today without considering future climate impacts is incorporating vulnerabilities that will later cause service disruptions and failures thus increasing costs to government, the private sector, and users.
 

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