1. DROUGHT:
China will need more than infrastructure to meet water scarcity -- report
China has long harnessed its water resources through massive feats of engineering, from the world's largest artificial waterway in the seventh century to the Three Gorges Dam today. In the face of rapid development, it is currently looking to a vast new pipeline project, the South-North Transfer, as a means to feed thirsty cities and industries. Yet the combined pressures of climate change, population growth and industrial expansion have confronted China with a water crisis that will take more than infrastructure to solve, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank. Go to story #1
Climate change is high on his to-do list.