
China has a water crisis - how can it be solved?
2016年4月29日 · Within the water supply catchments serving these cities, identified national priority biodiversity areas account for 25% of the total catchment and intersect with eco-regions containing roughly one-fifth of China’s fish and terrestrial animal diversity. This makes improving water security for people and nature possible at a low cost for cities.
How China is helping to power the world’s green transition
2025年1月17日 · A Chinese agri-tech venture has deployed drones and algorithms to collect and analyze soil and weather data with the goal of using less water and fertilizer while improving crop yields. Overseas companies and consumers are also reaping the benefits of these efforts as the latest green technologies seep into China’s manufacturing sector.
How should business react to China's water crisis? - The World …
2016年7月21日 · Given our global reliance on Chinese industry, the impacts of China’s water challenge have the ability to echo through supply chains across the world. With almost $1.5 trillion in water investments set aside over the next decade however, it is clear that the Chinese government is committed to tackling this urgent economic and environmental issue.
How China’s sponge cities are preparing for sea-level rise
2019年6月28日 · Chinese cities are taking action to mitigate and adapt to sea-level rise. The Chinese were motivated in part by disaster. In 1998, the country’s worst floods in half a century killed more than 4,000 people when the Yangtze River Basin overflowed. And massive cities like Beijing, which has more than doubled its total land coverage in the last ...
These are the world's most vital waterways for global trade
2024年2月15日 · Since the pandemic, the world’s busiest ocean shipping routes have hardly left the headlines. Here are five of the most important waterways for global trade.
How water stress is risking the semiconductor supply chain
2024年12月2日 · Globally, 40% of existing facilities will be in watersheds projected to experience high or extremely high water stress between 2030 and 2040. Meanwhile, 24-40% of facilities under construction and more than 40% of those planned are in regions expected to experience high or extremely high water stress over the same period.
Food security: How China plans to feed its 1.4 billion people
2022年3月11日 · But an area the size of Egypt is too high in saline for crops to grow, as salt inhibits plants’ ability to absorb water. According to CGTN, planting just a tenth of that land with seawater rice would boost China’s rice production enough to feed 200 million people.
Nature Positive Transitions: Sectors | World Economic Forum
2025年1月16日 · Written in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, the Nature Positive: Role of the Automotive Sector China Deep-dive insight report explores key challenges, including improving water stewardship, prioritizing land use protection through the value chain and reducing nature impacts from critical minerals. It spotlights actionable solutions such as ...
Global Risks Report 2025 | World Economic Forum
2025年1月15日 · The 20th edition of the Global Risks Report 2025 reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.
New developments in Chinese power industry's green transition
2025年1月15日 · The low-carbon transition of the power industry has a bearing on the realization of China's “dual carbon” goals – to reach its carbon emissions peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral before 2060 – and the high-quality development of the Chinese economy.