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Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements
M. Fader
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Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université,
Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bâtiment Villemin, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 4, France
Laboratory of Excellence OT-Med. Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, Bâtiment Gérard Mégie, Avenue Louis Philibert, 13857 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 3, France
S. Shi
Laboratory of Excellence OT-Med. Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois, Bâtiment Gérard Mégie, Avenue Louis Philibert, 13857 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 3, France
Research Software Development Group, Research IT Services, University College London, Podium Building, 1st Floor,
1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 2DN, UK
W. von Bloh
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg, Building A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
A. Bondeau
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université,
Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bâtiment Villemin, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 4, France
W. Cramer
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université,
Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Bâtiment Villemin, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 4, France
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Short summary
At present, the Mediterranean region could save 35 % of water by implementing more efficient irrigation and conveyance systems (EICS). By 2080–2090 the region may face an increase in gross irrigation requirements (IRs) of up to 74 % due to climate change and population growth. EICS may be able to compensate to some degree these increases. Most countries in the northern and eastern Mediterranean have a high risk of not being able to meet future IRs due to water scarcity.
At present, the Mediterranean region could save 35 % of water by implementing more efficient...
