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A new study relying on declassified spy satellite images finds that the “Third Pole” is shrinking twice as fast as it did toward the end of the last century—an ominous sign for the more than 1 billion people who live ...

Land is not the only scarce resource that the Hong Kong government is planning to “reclaim”. Authorities are also working on a proposal to reclaim sewage water, part of a master plan aimed to reduce Hong Kong’s ...

The world’s leaders have come to recognise water and the climate as major global risks. However, significant actions to tackle them haven’t been taken, according to a new report by China Water Risk (CWR), a non-profit ...

That’s how much GDP is at stake if the region cannot better manage rivers that its economies depend on, according to China Water Risk. India looks most exposed.

The mountains are warming at a greater speed, leading to a rapid melting of the glaciers that provide water to a fourth of the world’s population.

Two decades of high economic growth rate triggered by a new generation of industries, intensive agricultural practices, rapid urbanisation and widespread promotion of water-related projects in China have conspicuously dented ...

China has been the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide for more than a decade. It is responsible for nearly 30 percent of the Earth’s carbon emissions, according to the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric ...

Wastewater recycling is just one ‘innovation’ China’s clothes producers are adopting in a bid to keep pace with buyers’ and government demands.

A survey of the Chinese textile industry has revealed manufacturers are still struggling to tackle water wastage issues within the industry, namely due to knowledge gaps and the high costs involved with going green.

With the largest population in the world, China is easily the top ranked country by the amount of wastewater produced. According to a study conducted by China Water Risk, a non-profit organization focusing on water pollution ...