Climate Informed regional water resources and flood risk mitigation planning

DESCRIPTION: Flooding and erosion are major problems in Assam, and the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has been involved in instituting a flood forecasting system and improving response and recovery from flooding and erosion events. The CWC’s expertise in large-scale hydrology, both physical and statistical, will aid the ASDMA in coping with flooding and erosion as well as assessing changing risks with changing climate.

OUTCOMES: This work will help the state of Assam, and particularly the ASDMA, to make informed policy choices with regard to how best to develop water storage, directions for energy capacity expansion, and directions of food policy while addressing the potential climatic impacts on floods, droughts, agricultural productivity and human health.