Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security

Fabian Drenkhan; Wouter Buytaert; Jonathan D. Mackay; Nicholas E. Barrand; David M. Hannah; Christian Huggel

doi:10.1038/s41893-022-00996-4

Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security

Fabian Drenkhan^*, Wouter Buytaert, Jonathan D. Mackay, Nicholas E. Barrand, David M. Hannah, Christian Huggel

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Changes in the mountain cryosphere impact the water security of downstream societies and the resilience of water-dependent ecosystems and their services. However, assessing mountain water security requires better understanding of the complex interaction between glacial meltwater and coupled human–natural systems. In this context, we call for a refocusing from glacio-hydrological monitoring and modelling to a more integrated social-ecological perspective of the wider catchment hydrology. This shift requires locally relevant knowledge-production strategies and the integration of such knowledge into a collaborative science–policy–community framework. This approach, combined with hydrological risk assessment, can support the development of robust, locally tailored and transformational adaptation strategies.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Early online date	7 Nov 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00996-4
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Nov 2022

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This study was developed within the framework of the Newton–Paulet Fund-based RAHU project, which is implemented by CONCYTEC Peru and UKRI (NERC grant no. NE/S013210/1). J.D.M. publishes with the permission of the Executive Director, British Geological Survey (UKRI). We would like to thank C. Jackson, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, for the professional design of Figs. , and .

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Global and Planetary Change
Food Science
Geography, Planning and Development
Ecology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Urban Studies
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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