Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Learning about climate change uncertainty enables flexible water infrastructure planning

  • Sarah Fletcher,
  • Megan Lickley,
  • Kenneth Strzepek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09677-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Water resources planning requires infrastructure development consider regional climatic uncertainties. Here the authors introduce a new dynamic planning framework that captures opportunities to learn about climate change over time. By applying it to reservoir planning in Kenya, they show the value of flexible approaches in responding to learning.