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Global warming: Water scarcity in the Alps?
Are the Alps as Europe’s ‘water towers’ at risk? Is the discharge rate of the Danube, Rhine, Rhone and Po, the four large rivers originating in the Alps, and which draw about 50 % of their water from the Alpine Rim, in a state of flux? According to experts who met a conference in Bolzano, there is no acute danger of this happening. ”Yet the Alpine region must now adapt to existing and future risks of changed water conditions. The key to this is good management structures, effective communication amongst stakeholders, and taking a sober look at the risks”, said Benno Hain, Head of the ”Climate Protection” Section at the German Federal Environment Agency, which headed the conference. read more
