Tag: World Resources Institute
India’s thermal power generation faces high water risk
A new paper from the World Resources Institute (WRI), Parched Power: Water Demands, Risks and Opportunities for India’s Power Sector, analyses all of India’s...
Water’s Bolivarian revolution
Latin America’s contractual approach is helping to secure urban water supplies in the region. By James Workman
Two centuries ago, an orphan just back from European studies set...
Urban China turns sewage into power
Why Asian cities are adopting and scaling sludge-to-energy systems. By Aditi Sahay
Each year China’s cities must absorb 10 million people, who excrete an extra 1.5...
Unleashing Tehran’s ‘water renaissance’
If the capital of Iran can combine ancient systems of water governance–qanat–with modern information technology, it could drought-proof the capital and protect its citizens...
