World Bank Group2016-01-072016-01-072015-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23586Climate change is a critical issue facing the countries of the Nile basin. While individual weather events are difficult to attribute to climate change, their sum is already having adverse effects on socioeconomic conditions across the region. While climate change was not an overt focus of the Nile basin initiative’s (NBI’s) mandate when it was launched in 1999, it has emerged as a key challenge for countries of the Nile to take seriously. Understanding variability in river flows is one of the first steps in understanding climate change impacts and planning how to respond to them. Developing this understanding and getting it into use has been at the heart of the NBI’s technical work.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOFLOODINGWATER QUALITYVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGETEMPERATURERESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGESTORM DAMAGECARBONDAMSRAINFALL PATTERNSDRY SEASONSHYDROPOWER EXPANSIONHYDROLOGYWATER RESOURCEEMISSIONSMONITORINGRESERVOIRSCLIMATE VULNERABILITIESPORTFOLIOINTENSE RAINFALLARID AREASADEQUATE WATERMITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGEQUALITYWATER RESOURCESCLIMATE-RELATED EVENTSCLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGYANNUAL PRECIPITATIONFUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITYCO2RIPARIAN COUNTRIESPOWER GENERATIONWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTENERGY SOURCESPOWER SECTORFLOODSCAPACITYWATER USEWATERADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGERAINFALLDRAINAGETROPICAL FORESTSHYDROLOGICAL INFORMATIONNATIONAL CLIMATEPRECIPITATIONRUNOFFMINIMUM TEMPERATURESCROPSLAND USECLIMATE TRENDSCLIMATE VARIABILITYWATERSHED MANAGEMENTCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTLEADSTUDIESCLIMATE-CHANGECLIMATE CHANGEIPCCDROUGHTFRESHWATERRIVER BASINVALUEPOLICY MAKERSELECTRICITYBASIN MANAGEMENTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSECONOMIC SECTORSDEFORESTATIONCLIMATEFORESTSWETLAND ECOSYSTEMSAGRICULTURECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONMAXIMUM TEMPERATURESAGRICULTURAL LANDFORESTCLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONSCARBON ENERGYFOODPOLICYFISHERIESDATA SETSLAKESLANDECOSYSTEMSCLIMATE RESILIENCEANALYSISCLIMATE MODELLINGSEA-LEVEL RISEECONOMIC IMPACTSWATERSHEDMITIGATIONWATER USERSCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCONSERVATIONWETLANDTEMPERATURESRAINWATER TEMPERATURESLOW-CARBONDOWNSTREAM WATER USERSINVESTMENTSSEA-LEVELMETEOROLOGICAL DATARESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGEEVAPORATIONCLIMATIC DIVERSITYSEASONSEFFICIENT WATER USEADVERSE EFFECTSIMPLEMENTATIONHYDROLOGICAL DATABENEFITSENERGYRIVERBriefWorld Bank10.1596/23586