Chinas Green Revolution & Water-Energy Choke Points Jennifer L. Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center

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Chinas Green Revolution & Water-Energy Choke Points Jennifer L. Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center

Chinese Communist Party Ranked the #1 Green Giant

Chinas Watergy By Numbers #1 20% (32%) ¼ 350 Million -20% +15% 400 GW

Electrical Energy Production China G w 1900G w

Chinas Water-Energy Choke Point Chinas Demand for Energy is Outpacing its Freshwater Supply By 2030 China Will Face A 52 Trillion Gallon Water Shortage (Driven Mainly By Coal Production and Consumption) Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue

Water on the Move

Canadian Tar Sands Oil

Chinas Eco-Warriors Wang Canfa, CLAPV Ma Jun, Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs Wen Bo, Formerly Pacific Environment Yu Xiaogang, Green Watershed Wang Yongchen Green Earth Volunteers