The Andean Glacier and Water Atlas

Precipitation in the Andes Baseline, 1950-2000

Projection for 2061-2080 RCP 8.5

VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

ECUADOR

PERU

PERU

BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA

Percentage Projected precipitation change, RCP 8.5 scenario

5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 500 Millimetres Annual average rainfall

30 40 20 10 0

-10 -20 -30

Low agreement between climate models (less than 5 GCM)

ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA

CHILE

CHILE

The RCP 8.5 is a scenario that combines assumptions about high population and relatively slow income growth with modest rates of technological change and energy intensity improvements, leading in the long term to high energy demand and GHG emissions in absence of climate change policies

Sources: Hijmans, R.J., et al.,Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas, 2005, at worldclim.org

Sources: Hijmans, R.J., et al.,Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas, 2005, at worldclim.org

GEO-GRAPHICS / GRID-Arendal 2018

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