For those readers who think that climate change is about “carbon”, or that it is something that will be faced in the future, I highly recommend spending 3 minutes to watch the above clip.. because for China, water is THE issue, climate change is here, and the impacts are in their yard (front yard, and back).
Sadly, this clip’s coverage (IF you cannot see the clip above, click here) is only but a taste of the problem that China faces with water.
Shot the in southwest China of Yunnan, where six major rivers pass through, the water that passes through here has fed south China (and southeast Asia) for 10,000s of years. So much so in fact, there is a project currently underway to divert some of this water in an effort to satisfy the needs of China’s capital.
A project recently halted, and thankfully, as water levels have dropped to a level where dams are unable to generate energy in many areas as is.