Michal Kravcik, "The New Water Reality"

WATER FORWATER FOR THE THE RECOVERYRECOVERY

OF THE CLIMATE OF THE CLIMATE – – A NEW WATER A NEW WATER

PARADIGMPARADIGM

Michal KravčíkNGO „People and Water“

Slovakia

BOSTON, OCTOBER 2015

Rainfall patterns in Slovakia

HEAT ISLAND IN USHEAT ISLAND IN US

GROWTH OF EXTREME WEATHER GROWTH OF EXTREME WEATHER WITH DECLINE OF SMALL WATER WITH DECLINE OF SMALL WATER

CYCLE CYCLE

THE LARGE AND SMALL WATER CYCLES

SEA LEVEL RISE FROM DRYING OF CONTINENTS

WATER CYCLE, WATER CYCLE,

ENERGY FLOWS ENERGY FLOWS

&&

CLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE

DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

Temperatures on the Temperatures on the land with and without land with and without

waterwater

IMPACTS ON WEATHER & IMPACTS ON WEATHER & CLIMATECLIMATE

RECOVERY RECOVERY

OF THE CLIMATEOF THE CLIMATE

DESTRUCTION DESTRUCTION AND RENEWAL AND RENEWAL OF SMALL WATER CYCLEOF SMALL WATER CYCLE

• humanity accelerates humanity accelerates the runoff from land the runoff from land

• more solar energy is more solar energy is transformed into transformed into sensible heatsensible heat

• draining of land can draining of land can be reversed through be reversed through comprehensive comprehensive conservation of conservation of rainwater rainwater

• renewal of small renewal of small water cycles over water cycles over land can temper land can temper extreme weather extreme weather events and ensure a events and ensure a growth in water growth in water reservereserve

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protects protects surface surface

water as the water as the main source main source and reserve and reserve

of waterof water

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protects protects rainwater rainwater in in ecosystem is ecosystem is

the main the main reservereserve of of

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soil sealing soil sealing has has

minimal minimal influence on influence on

climate climate changechange

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soil sealing soil sealing hashas

important important influence on influence on

climate climate change change

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Water Water experts are experts are rresponesponsible sible

for for catchment catchment

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Communities Communities are are

responsible responsible for for

catchment catchment management management

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more vegetation and biodiversity more vegetation and biodiversity

NEW NEW WWATER DEAL ATER DEAL

MASSIVE CONSERVMASSIVE CONSERVATIONATION OF OF RAINWATERRAINWATER

Advantages:Advantages:

enhances water sourcesenhances water sources anti-flood & anti-erosion protectionanti-flood & anti-erosion protection moderates climatemoderates climate biodiversitybiodiversity cheap, simple, effective cheap, simple, effective

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