Cape Town’s problems embody one of the big dangers of climate change: the growing risk of powerful, recurrent droughts. The following year, C40, a collection of cities focused on climate change worldwide, awarded Cape Town its “adaptation implementation” prize for its management of water. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe city’s water conservation measures — fixing leaks and old pipes; installing meters and adjusting tariffs — had a powerful impact. For years, Cape Town had been warned that it needed to increase and diversify its water supply. Cape Town has grown warmer in recent years and a bit drier over the last century, according to Piotr Wolski, a hydrologist at the University of Cape Town who has measured average rainfall from the turn of the 20th century to the present.

Source: New York Times January 30, 2018 20:12 UTC