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Bank, 2011). At the same time, modeling of climate impacts on hydropower produc-
tion with multiple variables including precipitation spatially and temporally, rate of
glacial melt, change in snow pack, and temperature change on reservoir relative to
reservoir size, design, and management is extremely complex. With hydropower hold-
ing the largest share of the total installed renewables globally, this is a signiicant chal-
lenge and poses a great deal of uncertainty for energy systems - especially in those
countries and regions heavily dependent on hydropower for a large share of their total
power production.
D. Assessment Findings
Regarding knowledge and research gaps, we ind that:
• Improving knowledge about vulnerabilities and possible risk management strat-
egies is essential for efective climate change risk management
in the energy
sector
SeeSectionVA
High consensus, moderate evidence
• Particularly important is improving knowledge about and improving capacities
related to potentials for renewable energy development,
• resilience to extreme events, and potential tipping points for particular
aspects
of energy supply and use
High consensus, moderate evidence
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