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
managementmanagement
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Communities Communities are are
responsible responsible for for
catchment catchment management management
m o r e c l o u d s m o r e c l o u d s
mmore ore groundwater groundwater rechargerecharge
m o r e a i r h u m i d i t y m o r e a i r h u m i d i t y
m o r e s o f t r a i n m o r e s o f t r a i n
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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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