Climate impacts on human livelihoods: where uncertainty matters in projections of water availability

Lissner, T. K.; Reusser, D. E.; Schewe, J.; Lakes, T.; Kropp, J. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-355-2014

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Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP)

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-355-2014

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22 Oct 2014

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2014

Climate impacts on human livelihoods: where uncertainty matters in projections of water availability

T. K. Lissner, D. E. Reusser, J. Schewe, T. Lakes, and J. P. Kropp

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RC C83: 'Article review', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Apr 2014
- AC C269: 'Reply to review', Tabea Lissner, 04 Jul 2014
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- AC C272: 'Reply to review', Tabea Lissner, 04 Jul 2014

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Sep 2014) by Ryan Pavlick

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Short summary

Climate change will have impacts on many different sectors of society, but a systematic method to quantify human well-being and livelihoods across sectors is so far unavailable. This paper presents the AHEAD approach, which allows for relating impacts of climate change to 16 dimensions of livelihoods and well-being. Using the example of changes in water availability, the results show how climate change impacts AHEAD. The approach also provides a tool to frame uncertainties from climate models.