Description

This technical report presents an evaluation of climate change impacts on groundwater resource availability and use in Morocco, specifically groundwater abstraction from the Tadla aquifer complex system that supplies domestic water as well as large irrigation schemes in the Beni-Amir agricultural area. The pilot study was based on projections by the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) which showed that the Arab region will experience rising temperatures and largely decreasing precipitation, as well as changes in runoff and recharge. Funding for the technical report was provided by the Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) under a project focused on water and food security in a changing climate context.