Impacts of Extreme Events on Water Availability

One of the significant disputes in the world is battle for access to water supplies. The Middle East district is important in the aspect of geopolitical and strategic situation. Declining water supplies in this district will be because of global climate alteration. Climate change is an occurrence that threatens the future of the world. The Middle East is sited in a dry and semi-arid district with restricted water supplies and climate alteration an decline water supplies in its catchment districts via 14% through 2050.In this chapter, by analyzing the impacts of reliance changes established on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and World Bank information by 2020, according to scenarios of IPCC, the temperature in this region will risethrough2-3 degrees and precipitation can decreasethrough40 percent. This will have a direct effect on water supplies in this region and will make significant disputes for water supplies.

Keywords: Climate change, water availability, Middle East, dry and semi-arid region, reduce water.