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1. Green and Blue Water
a model & data based analysis of
water scarcity, productivity (and trade)
with a focus on the CPWF basins
Holger Hoff1,2, Dieter Gerten1 , Jens Heinke1
1:Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
2: Stockholm Environment Institute & Resilience Centre
2. The LPJmL eco-hydrological & crop model
biophysical processes at plant level
CO2 Temperature Precipitation Radiation
e.g. crop Interception
production, Photosynthesis
biofuels, carbon Transpiration
sequestration Carbon /
Water Balance
Water resources
Crop yields
Evaporation
Surface flow
Subsurface flow
consistent simulation of water resources,
plant water use and productivity
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3. The LPJmL eco-hydrological & crop model
landscape level
livestock
household
precipitation partitioning into green & blue
industry
conveyance losses
withdrawals evaporation
interception lakes
irrigation
reservoirs
transpiration
Irrigation….. figure
demand von Stefanie
return flows
evaporation
surface runoff
plant water supply
subsurface runoff
consistent calculation of green & blue virtual water contents
(crops and other ecosystem services) AND water availability
5. current blue water availability per capita
m3 cap-1 yr-1
adding green water (evapotranspiration from cropland)
6. current green & blue water availability per capita
m3 cap-1 yr-1
discussion: country-wise aggregation of water for food
potential for expanding cropland ?
7. current crop water productivity (kcal m-3)
kcal m-3
Sri Lanka 2129 kcal m-3
India 1648
Bangladesh 2697
Pakistan 1218
water productivity -> weighted water availability
8. maximum calorie production (kcal cap-1)
agricultural water productivity
for current water availability & productivity
kcal cap-1 day-1
9. CPWF basins
current green & blue water availability per capita
6000
5000
4000
3000
m3 cap-1 year-1
blue water
green wate
2000
1000
0
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10. CPWF basins
current crop water productivity (kcal m-3)
2500
2000
1500 factor 4
kcal m-3
1000
500
0
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discussion: potential for closing the yield gap ? .
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11. CPWF basins
maximum crop production (kcal cap-1)
for current water availability & productivity
12000
10000
8000
kcal cap-1 day-1
6000
4000
3000
2000
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30 year averages .
12. CPWF basins
inter-annual variability of green & blue water availability
LPJmL vs CPWF data (1951-2000)
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0.4
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0.3
CP blue
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0.2 CP green
0.15 LPJ green
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13. CPWF basins
factoring in variability
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12000
10000
kcal cap-1 day-1
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using 10th percentile instead of mean green & blue water availability
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14. CPWF basins
the future (2050)
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12000
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8000
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discussion: 1) future crop water productivity (incl. CO2 effect)?
2) how much of the additional pressure is due to climate change?
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15. future water demand
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population change only
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2,5 Indus
Limpopo
2 Mekong
Niger
1,5 Nile
Sao Francisco
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discussion: future populations and diets ?
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16. future (blue) water availability
1,2
1 Ganges
Indus
0,8 Limpopo
Mekong
0,6 Niger
Nile
0,4 Sao Francisco
climate change only Volta
0,2 – relative to year 2000 Yellow
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1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060
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– 30 year averages, not accounting for changing variability, monsoon etc
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18. next steps: simulating land use change effects
via “moisture recycling”
Nikoli et al
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Indus „precipitationshed“
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19. next steps: simulating land use change effects
via “moisture recycling” (external driver)
Nikoli et al
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% internally generated
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precipitation
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internal
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terrestrial
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Niger
Volta
Nile
Limpopo
internalprecipitation
Indus
basin
Yellow
Mekong
Ganges
originating from
terrestrial ET
LPJmL simulations of ET changes with land use change
20. next steps: (“real”) water footprints
of food production (and trade)
plus other ecosystem services
e.g. carbon sequestration
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21. LPJ-based crop virtual water contents
plus ComTrade data
-> virtual water im- / exports
consistent with water availability (“footprints”)
Sri Lanka 100m3 cap-1 net import
Cyprus
India 5m3 cap-1 net export
Bangladesh 30 m3 cap-1 net import
Pakistan 2 m3 cap-1 net export
discussion: what happens under increasing future water scarcity?
see MENA example
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22. LPJ-based crop virtual water contents
plus ComTrade data
-> virtual water im- / exports
consistent with water availability (“footprints”)
1200 correlations of per capita
net VW imports and
VW imports (m**3) per capita &
1000 - blue water availability:
Cyprus
- 0.51
- blue plus green water avail: - 0.64
800 - water-limited potential
kcal production: - 0.79
600
year
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200
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0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
water-limited potential kcal production per capita & day
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23. 1) Effects of international trade on local water resources
a) in water scarce (MENA) countries
m3 cap-1 yr-1
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