History of GRAPHIC The Groundwater Resources Assessment under
the Pressures of Humanity and Climate Change (GRAPHIC) project
was launched in 2004 by a small group of groundwater and climate
scientists under the lead of UNESCO’s International Hydrological
Programme. The aim of the project is to develop methodologies
for assessing effects of climate change and human activity on
groundwater and apply them to case studies. Since the Kickoff
Meeting in 2004, the number of GRAPHIC members has increased
significantly. The project has since then been engaged in the
assessment of groundwater resources under the various pressures
of humanity and climate change, based on several case studies.
Now, experts throughout the world are representing regions of
different climatic conditions and a wide range of groundwater
and climate related scientific expertise (link to subjects and
methods page) in the framework of the GRAPHIC Project. A number
of GRAPHIC meetings have taken place to date, fostering cross-
linking between rese