No Water, More Trade-Offs: Managing China's Growth With Limited Water


Authors
Wai-Shin Chan & Zoe Knight

Research Organisation
HSBC

Report Date
Aug. 3, 2015

Document summary

Water is essential for economic activity, but some economies import “embedded water” within traded goods to manage limited water resources.

China is using its limited water resources to ensure food and energy security – with tough trade-offs ahead.

Output may shift within China as cotton clashes with coal to “free up” water.

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