In this fifth issue of the China Environment Forum’s InsightOut series, we take a deep dive into the potential for science, technology, and policy innovation to mitigate the coal-water risks in Western China. As a country of 1.3 billion—20 percent of the world’s population—China only has 7 percent of global freshwater. Yet nearly one-fifth of all the water used in the country goes to the thirsty coal sector.
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Insight Out Sept 2018: Choke Point Solutions: Can Western China Lower its Coal-Water Risk?(Chinese Version)
In this fifth issue of the China Environment Forum’s InsightOut series, we take a deep dive into the potential for science, technology, and policy innovation to mitigate the coal-water risks in Western China. As a country of 1.3 billion—20 percent of the world’s population—China only has 7 percent of global freshwater. Yet nearly one-fifth of all the water used in the country goes to the thirsty coal sector.
In this fifth issue of the China Environment Forum’s InsightOut series, we take a deep dive into the potential for science, technology, and policy innovation to mitigate the coal-water risks in Western China. As a country of 1.3 billion—20 percent of the world’s population—China only has 7 percent of global freshwater. Yet nearly one-fifth of all the water used in the country goes to the thirsty coal sector.