June 4, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping took the world by surprise by declaring that China will “aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060”. To achieve these objectives, China will pursue “more vigorous policies and measures”.… Read More
May 31, 2021
To objective China observers, China’s pledge that its carbon emissions will peak before 2030 and it will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 should not come as a surprise.… Read More
By Cecilia Tortajada, Rachel Koh, Ishaan Bindal and Wee-Kiat Lim, 2021. Article published in Journal of Hydrology, Volume 599, 126345.… Read More
May 6, 2021
The pandemic has seriously disrupted global plans to achieve SDG targets because of unexpected and very high economic, social and health costs. All governments had to borrow heavily and divert focus to counter the pandemic’s immediate adverse impacts, leaving limited resources and efforts towards achievement of SDGs.… Read More
April 27, 2021
Governments in Asia need to focus on long-term planning that informs policies, decision-making and allocation of finances to tackle the region’s water crisis.… Read More
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Univer-Cities Reshaping Strategies to Meet Radical Change, Pandemics and Inequality Revisiting the Social Compact?, edited by Anthony Teo, 2021, World Scientific, Singapore, pages 117–138.… Read More
May 2021
Special Issue on Hydropower-based Collaboration in South Asia: Socio-economic Development and the Electricity Trade… Read More
Richard Beasley, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, Australia, 2021, 296 pages.… Read More
By Pierre van Rensburg and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in Frontiers in Climate.… Read More
By Cecilia Tortajada and Hongzhou Zhang, 2021. Article published in Global Food Security, Volume 29, 100518.… Read More