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Climate Resilience and Global Water Sustainability

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Climate Resilience:

Climate resilience is the ability to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from the costs of climate impacts. It includes not only episodic weather events but also long-term climate effects.

CO2:

Carbon dioxide is the predominant greenhouse gas. Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are created largely by the combustion of fossil fuels.

GCM:

General circulation model, a term commonly used to describe climate models maintained at large research centers.

GHG:

GHG is a greenhouse gas such as CO2 and methane. These gases contribute to global warming by capturing some of the outgoing infrared radiation before it leaves the atmosphere.

IPCC:

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was formed in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Program. It reports research on climate change. Their assessments are closely watched because of the requirement for unanimous approval by all participating delegates.

Resilience:
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    Harry X. Zhang

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Zhang, H.X. (2019). Climate Resilience and Global Water Sustainability. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_388-3

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