Possible futures for groundwater in Burkina Faso under a changing climate

Cornforth, R. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-9556, Macdonald, D. M. J., Osbahr, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-2313, Ciampi, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-7695, Myers, J., Verhoef, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-6696, Black, E. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, Ascott, M., Cook, P., Davis, H., Clark, H., Talens, C., Gahi, N., Haruna, S. and Petty, E.C., (2019) Possible futures for groundwater in Burkina Faso under a changing climate. Report. Zenodo doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3533108

Abstract/Summary

This narrative describes three possible future scenarios for water resources in Burkina Faso and the human and socio-economic impacts that might be experienced by people living in rural areas. The narratives aim to stimulate discussion towards realistic policy responses and the decision support tools needed to assist future planning needs. It is important to recognise that the scenarios do not represent every possible outcome projected by hydroclimate models, and resulting impacts will be contextualised by local circumstances. See here for information about BRAVE (www.walker.ac.uk) and the UPGro programme: upgro.org/consortium/brave2/.