Climate risk · Rationale

Water scarcity

Hydrological hazard in which the demand for freshwater exceeds the available supply within a given geographic area and time period, intensifying as demand grows or as the quantity or quality of water resources declines.

Definition source: FAO / UN-Water (water scarcity); IPCC AR6 WGII Ch.4

Synonyms

water-scarce, water shortage

Broader

Hydrological hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

CRK_169 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_169
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_169)