Africa, Water and Climate Change
Africa, Water and Climate Change

Author(s): Ciprian-Beniamin Benea, Adina Sacara Onita, Andira-Teodora Parumb
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Access to water; Colonial inheritance; Dams; Population; Water stress
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to bring to the European audience the importance of connections between water and climate change on the African continent; even though this continent could be regarded as somewhere in the southern hemisphere, the globalized world we already live in proves the contrary. In fact, it is very close to us. As population dynamics will put higher pressures on available natural resources in Africa, the migratory pressure from that continent, which already is felt on the European continent, not only could bring social or political upheavals there, but it could complicate the socio-economic equilibrium closer to us. Furthermore, in the context of climate change, there are needed some measures to be taken in order to prevent such a scenario from taking place. And among other key resources, the most important, which is related to everything, is water; the way it would be used in Africa and how would it be distributed could make a difference.

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