Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains

Water

Water uses Agricultural

Millions of m 3 per year Water withdrawal

Dams

Major Danube river sub-basins

Industrial

Tisza

Major Mediterranean sub-basins

Municipal

CROATIA

Danube

630

Drava

Rivers with projected reduced flow in the 2050s (reduction of at least 30% in one day minimun flow)

Kupa

Sava

Tamis

2014 flood most a ected zones

Una

SERBIA

4 121

50 km

Vrbas

Bosna

Drina

Morava

Timok

Cetina

No data available for industrial and municipal uses

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

330

Neretva

Water stress

MONTENEGRO

Ratio of total annual water withdrawals to total available annual renewable supply, accounting for upstream consumptive use. Higher values indicate more competition among users.

161

Zeta

Kosovo*

No data available for Kosovo*

Vardar

CROATIA

FYR MACEDONIA

SERBIA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

1 028

10 % Low Low to medium

MONTENEGRO

20 %

Kosovo*

Medium to high

ALBANIA

Seman

High 40 % 80%

1 310

FYR MACEDONIA

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Extremely high

100 km

ALBANIA

Sources: InternationalCommission for the Protectionof theDanubeRiver (ICPDR),2009, “DanubeRiverBasinDistrict. Overview”;U.Schwarz, 2015, “Hydropower Projects in ProtectedAreas in theBalkanRegion”,RiverWatchandEuronatur;C.Schneideretal.,2013, “Howwillclimate changemodify riverflow regimes inEurope?”,HydrologyandEarthSystemSciences,n.17,pp.325-339;Reliefweb, “Balkans:Floods-May2014 ” (reliefweb.int,access October2015); Aquastat (fao.org,accessOctober2015);Aqueduct, “WaterRiskAtlas”,WorldResources Institute.

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