Primary Convener:
Francisco Munoz-Arriola, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Convener:
Anna Wilson, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Michael Dettinger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Chair:
Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Department of Biological Systems Engineering & School of Natural Resources
Anna Wilson, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Michael Dettinger, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Increasing water demands and decreasing water quality in many water supplies are conflicting with the safe access to sustainable water supplies worldwide. The dominant water demands by the agricultural sector are becoming subject to growing scrutiny due to the expansion of urban centers and emerging industrial sectors and conflicts. Such demands are also exposed to floods and droughts, compromising the water and food security of individuals, communities, and the human enterprise. Thus, understanding how physical and social processes and their interactions are affected by extreme events and future climate changes are critical. This session invites presentations exploring the physical and/or social processes leading to increases in water and food security risks in the past, present, and future, including land surface changes, impacts of extreme events, diversions and their impact on transboundary agreements, as well as presentations focused on technologies designed to enhance food and water security in a changing world.

Index Terms
1630 Impacts of global change
1817 Extreme events
1880 Water management
4338 Disaster policy

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
SY - Science and Society
GC - Global Environmental Change

Co-Organized Sessions:
Global Environmental Change
Science and Society
Natural Hazards

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
AMS： American Meteorological Society

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus