Video: Melting mountain glaciers reduce water resources in Central Asia
Climate change causes loss of mountain glaciers, which are an integral part of the water resources in many areas in the world. This is the situation also in Central Asia, where water scarcity will significantly increase in the basins of the largest rivers over the following decades. The dwindling water resources are already causing tension between the regions in the area.
Interviewee: Senior research scientist Ari Venäläinen, Finnish Environment Institute
Video length: 3:09 min
Language: Finnish, with English subtitles
Recorded: 30.5.2013
Published: 23.10.2013
Terms of use: The video is freely usable for non-commercial purposes, such as education. Climateguide.fi website and the producer of the video should be mentioned as reference.
For courses in Finnish upper secondary schools: GE3 (old) -> GE1 (new curriculum/OPS)
Filmed by: Riku Mesiniemi ja Anna Puustinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Punkari, M, Droogers, P., Immerzeel, W., Lutz, A., Pimenoff, N. & Venäläinen, A. 2012. Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia. Final Report. Asian Development Bank Project TA 7532
- Nuottokari, J., Venäläinen, A. & Pimenoff, N., 2012. Developing the capacity of Central Asian national planning agencies to model climate impact scenarios and develop adaptation strategies. In: World Meteorological Organization. 2012. Climate ExChange: 83-84
- Asian Development Bank: Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia (project data sheet)
- Lutz, A. F., Droogers, P. & Immerzeel, W. W. 2012. Climate Change Impact and Adaptation on the Water Resources in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River Basins. FutureWater, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Report FutureWater: 110. 116 p.
- Immerzeel, W. W., Lutz, A. F. & Droogers, P. 2012. Climate Change Impacts on the Upstream Water Resources of the Amu and Syr Darya River Basins. FutureWater, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Report FutureWater: 107. 103 p.
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The content is produced as part of the TULUVAT project funded by the Finnish National Board of Education.